[mythtv-users] VGA to Component adaptors

Tom Lichti tom at redpepperracing.com
Tue Apr 26 17:40:16 UTC 2005


gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) wrote:
> Tom Lichti wrote:
> 
>> Looks like a nice piece, I've seen from avsforum that most guys 
>> recommend just getting a better video card with component out, which 
>> may actually be cheaper, since I can get an nVidia 6200 card with 
>> HDTV/component out for $110 CDN, versus $120US for the Crescendo card. 
>> I just have to make sure my mobo has a PCI Express port on it...
> 
> 
> one feature i really like about the external model is that it has a vga 
> breakout which allows me to use my monitor to tweak the settings (since 
> the vga breakout mirrors the signal going to the tv) w/o having to swap 
> cables and whatnot.  it's different than something like TwinView, 
> because it's done in the hardware, not software and has nothing to do w/ 
> drivers, etc ... the main reason i got it was because i'm stuck w/ an 
> ATI card and the ATI component dongle (at least for the Radeon 9600) 
> doesn't work in linux, so this was the only way to go ...
> 

Yes, that does sound nice. I may still go that route, depending.

Thanks for the input!

Tom


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