[mythtv-users] Gigabyte video card

Steve Adeff adeffs at gmail.com
Tue Nov 29 14:09:48 EST 2005


On Monday 28 November 2005 23:53, Len Reed wrote:
> Steve Adeff wrote:
> > card should work fine. Looks similar to NVIDIA's reference design.
> > 1080i over DVI to an HDTV is hit or miss though.
>
> Hit or miss due to weird mismatch between card and HDTV, or do you just
> mean that some HDTVs don't support 1080i into DVI/HMDI but only into
> component video?

weird mismatch. My DCT6200 outputs 1080i to my TV's HDMI port perfectly, but I 
can't for the life of me get my FX5200 with interlaced output support to 
work. Go figure, cheap HDTV...

> I'm about to buy a Sony KDS-R60XBR1.  The spec sheet says it supports
> 1080i on component and on HDMI.  Is there any reason to think that an
> nVIDIA 6200 PCI-E card over a DVI-to-HDMI cable won't produce excellent
> results?  I'm talking about way too much money for anything short of
> excellent.

With a Sony I'd think it would work, but do a search to see if anyone else has 
any experience with it.

Steve


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