[mythtv-users] 350 Tv Out vs. Nvidia 5200

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Wednesday 24 August 2005 21:49, Dave wrote:
> > The problem is that the quality of TV encoders used on Nvidia 
designs
> > (and clones) various greatly.  Some encoders are external to the 
Nvidia
> > GPU (Phillips and others) some are integrated into the Nvidia GPU.  
For
> > me, the output of the signal is washed out.  No adjustment of XV
> > controls completely corrects the image.
> > 
> > Some cards are better.  From casual reading, it appears board with
> > external encoders are better than Nvidia's newer internal designs.
> > 
> 
> Interesting.  Is there any way to determine which cards have the
> external decoder vs the internal one?

If you mean, is there a way to determine *before you buy the card*, then 
no, I don't think so.  Once you have the card installed an 'lspci -v' 
should show you what the TV encoder is.

-JAC