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On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 13:36 -0600, Brian Wood wrote:<BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">On Monday, October 04, 2010 01:32:42 pm Nicolas Will wrote:</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 14:25 -0500, <A HREF="mailto:mike@grounded.net">mike@grounded.net</A> wrote:</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> > >Yes, old hardware gets stale support... Another dead horse, maybe...</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> > </FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> > You already motivated me to get the other card so I'll order one now</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> > that I better understand myth. That's what I needed to see.</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> > Since I'll only use it for non essential SD, it will do fine.</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> > </FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> > Once that comes in, I'll rebuild again and hopefully, everything</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> > should work right out of install right, I mean, TV out and all?</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> > Then I can get some hands on and figure out what I'll want for STB's,</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> > etc.</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> Oh, before you come back shouting (rightly) at me, I believe that most</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> newer cards will not do TV out, at least not Composite or S-Video, just</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> DVI/HDMI digital or VGA analogue.</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> So if you need connectivity to a legacy (again!) TV, watch out!</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">Composite and S-Video are limited to SD, and nobody wants to sell (or buy) anything that's not HD-capable today.</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">Marketing to users of old CRT-type monitors and TV sets is just not a viable business model today.</FONT></TT> <BR>
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Understood, but like beating dead horses :o) and I don't want Mike coming back to me yelling that the card I warmly recommended does not plug into his TV.<BR>
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Nico
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