[mythtv-users] Video card w/ TV out recommendations

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Thu Sep 28 13:46:50 UTC 2006


On 9/28/06, Philip Isaacs <pisaacs at wesleyan.edu> wrote:
> This looks like a good choice. Thanks for the feedback.
>
> Phil
>
> Dan Wilga wrote:
> > At 11:23 AM -0400 9/27/06, Philip Isaacs wrote:
> >
> >> Yeah, I have seen a bunch of postings for the 5200fx. Are there any
> >> brands that your recommend,
> >> or will any version from New Egg due. Also, is there a recommended
> >> amount of memory?
> >>
> >
> > If you are ever going to go to HD, you might want to "future proof"
> > your purchase now. I bought an MSI card that has both S-Video and DVI
> > outputs for this reason:
> >
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127181

I'd suggest going with a 6200 card for "future proofing HD", the
5200's don't support dual-link, which is an advantage with 1080p, and
since 1080p will eventually be the minimum for HD tv's soon
(everything is heading that way)...

-- 
Steve
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