[mythtv-users] Video Display card recommendation

[Brian Wood]

On May 2, 2006, at 4:16 PM, Joel Turner wrote:

>>
> Check the mythtv wiki.  There are instructions for running XV on the
> PVR-350.  I do this for my SD based setup (8 yr old Toshiba) and the
> output is great.  There are disadvantages to this approach which are
> detailed elsewhere in the archives. If you have any intentions of
> replacing your set soon with a plasma or LCD I would not bother  
> with the
> PVR-350 but would look at an nVidia 6200.  It's PCI based, some models
> are fanless and have composite out.

Why a 6200 ? A 5200 is cheaper and will do what needs to be done.

The extra cost of a 350 over a 150 is more than the cost of a 5200,  
so what would be the advantage of a 350 except possibly to save a PCI  
slot ?