nvidia 5200 and 6200 are the most popular. I know the 5200 comes in PCI not sure about the 6200.<br><br>Mitchell<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/29/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Angus</b> <<a href="mailto:sylvania@istop.com">
sylvania@istop.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Rod Smith wrote:<br>> On Thursday 29 March 2007 22:55, Angus wrote:
<br>><br>>> It seems that TV out isn't quite as well supported as I thought. I've<br>>> read through the Wikis and mailing lists and I can't figure out where to<br>>> get started. If I have a very low-budget card with a TV out (say, a
<br>>> KWorld Global Terminator, which has a SAA713? chipset, still) and I want<br>>> to connect the TV out to my TV, how do I go about beginning with that?<br>>><br>><br>> The KWorld Global Terminator is a TV *capture* card, meaning you plug in an
<br>> antenna, cable TV cable, or the like to *record* TV using the card. AFAIK, it<br>> lacks the ability to send output *to* a TV. To be sure we're talking about<br>> the same thing, check these URLs:<br>>
<br><br> You know what, I think you're right. That's just great! I make very<br>certain that this card has everything I want, but it turns out all along<br>that that TV port is an input port, not an output port. Good thing I
<br>didn't spend too much money for this stupid thing, but nothing would<br>have been a better price for nothing.<br><br>> For TV output, you need one of several things:<br>><br>> 1) A regular computer video card and a separate converter box that takes the
<br>> VGA output from the video card and converts it to a TV standard suitable<br>> for your TV, such as composite, S-video, DVI, etc.<br>><br>> 2) A computer video card that includes a TV output suitable for your TV, such
<br>> as composite, S-video, DVI, etc.<br>><br>><br>[snip]<br>> Most people go for option #2 because a video card with TV outputs isn't much<br>> more expensive than a video card without TV outputs, whereas a converter box
<br>> (needed for #1) is moderately expensive. They can be had fairly cheaply on<br>> eBay, though, so if you've got an otherwise suitable video card, #1 might be<br>> a reasonable way to go.<br>><br> Alright then, does anyone else use MythTV for TV out? Can anyone
<br>recommend a card? I realize that there already are some recommendations,<br>but I have a few special needs. My computer is an 800MHz Celeron, w/out<br>any AGP. So I'd need a PCI card that can handle a CPU w/only 800MHz.
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