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<font size=3>I have had much trouble getting my Nvidia 5200 S-video to
provide acceptable video to the TV (tearing and fuzziness). I gave
up and bought a VGA to TV converter which gives me a great picture.
<br><br>
Mark, could you send me your xorg.conf and other relevant file
settings? I want to see if there was anything that I missed.
<br><br>
-- Mache Creeger<br><br>
At 06:14 AM 9/9/2006, mark wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Lonnie Borntreger wrote:<br>
> I have a working MythTV network.... two backends with a total of
4<br>
> tuners and 3 frontends (running on desktop systems in the bedrooms
and<br>
> office). I also have one more configured frontend ready.
So far, that<br>
> has only seen service on special occasions (kids party or something
like<br>
> that) when I can borrow a projection system (with vga input) from
a<br>
> friend. However, I would like to place it into permanent
service in the<br>
> family room for a much more comfortable viewing experience.<br>
><br>
> That is where the problem comes up. I don't have the money to
buy a<br>
> projector (and the family room really isn't big enough for it), and
a<br>
> "modern" TV with vga/dvi inputs is right out also, for
now..... and my<br>
> TV, while not too old, and quite nice, only has composite and
s-video<br>
> inputs.<br>
><br>
> So, here is question one: Should I get a computer to TV converter
box<br>
> and use my current video card and X config, or get a video card
with<br>
> s-video/composite output and deal with re-writing and tuning my
X<br>
> config? I can get a converter box off Ebay for $76
(including<br>
> shipping), but I see I can get a decent nVidia video card with
s-video<br>
> out from Ebay for around $25.<br>
><br>
> While I've been using Linux for (what seems like) forever (since
kernel<br>
> 0.99pl13 with fvwm1), I've gotten way past the age where I
enjoy<br>
> spending time tweaking modelines and such (age defeats
l33t-ness). That<br>
> leads to question two: How hard is it these days to set up the
X config<br>
> for s-video output?<br>
><br>
> I know that the converter box would not be "future proof",
as it will<br>
> never be able to do HDTV. That brings up question three: (much
lower<br>
> priority) If I focused on a video card, what outputs work best
for<br>
> future use with a HDTV (USA) TV; s-video or DVI?<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your input.<br>
> Lonnie Borntreger<br>
> Thou shalt not send me any thing which says unto thee, "send
this to all<br>
> thou knowest." Neither shalt thou send me any spam, lest
I smite thee.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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I have previously has great luck with svideo out on a nvidia 5200 card
<br>
right into my TV and then tuning my xorg to match. Great picture
etc.....<br>
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