[mythtv-users] OT - FX5200 at Frys today

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Fri May 19 23:24:02 UTC 2006


On May 19, 2006, at 4:48 PM, Decent Guy wrote:

>
> >You say a "dongle for HDTV", what type of connector(s) is(are)
> >that ?? Is it actually component out ?
>
> yes, by HDTV-out (sorry, bad terminology, but this the terminology  
> the vendor PNY uses) i did indeed mean component output.  it's one  
> combined dongle that has component+s-video+composite all-in-one  
> which plugs into what-looks-like an s-video connection on the back  
> of the video card.
>
> yes, you're right, i ~just~ realized that 5xxx serial has the  
> chroma-hack for fixing OSD issues and 6xxx doesn't.     But  
> hopefully OSD related issues get fixed by 0.20 (i think there is  
> already some fixes in the trunk), and then i won't have to worry  
> about that.
>
> my 6200 is indeed fanless, so no noise issues there.    my main  
> purpose to get this card over a 5200 was to be able to connect my  
> older sonly 36XBR450 set which doesn't have DVI nor HDMI.   this is  
> the cheapest card i found that had component output.   (other  
> consideration are the same 6200 but MSI version of it instead of  
> PNY, but the PNY's dongle looks more solid)


OK, thanks.

BTW - I think a video card that works with HD, is totally silent and  
has component outputs for $50 is very much on-topic for this list.

I hate mentioning vendors or prices also, but both are probably of  
interest to most users here, certainly to anyone building a machine.


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