[mythtv-users] tv-out quality problems

[Michael Bochynski]

On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 14:20 -0400, Jesse Guardiani wrote:

> Michael Bochynski wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 13:41 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >>                 
> >
> 
> [...]

[....]

> >
> > However, honestly, the advantages of NVIDIA card you presented are not 
> > overwhelming. The MythTV box will be used for MythTV only, nothing 
> > else, hence OpenGL does not matter, am I right? I don't even have, and 
> > don't plan to have, a regular monitor/LCD at home which I could use :) 
> > Signal (MythTV) goes to TV out only.
> >
> 
> 
> It matters. MythGame and MythMusic will make use of OpenGL.
> Also, something he didn't mention is that the PVR 350 will not display 
> your kernel boot, BIOS POST, or lilo/grub menus. The nvidia card WILL. 
> That's a serious advantage, IMO.
> 


If my MythTV is set up to be used as DVR, always-on, and VNC starts
automatically,  can always get logs for a system boot. And, as a DVR, I
will not use lilo/grub menus. BIOS POSTs? Yes worth having, however only
if-something-happens. The if something happens, I can switch to using
TV_OUT from ATi for debugging purposes, if really it cannot be done with
VNC and console access. Note, that as I mentioned earlier, I do not
have, nor I plan to have, a regular monitor and do anything else but
MythTV.

So the advantage, while nice to have, is not too serious for my personal
configuration.


> 
> >
> > Right now I output TV to my receiver and then to TV. While HDTV is a 
> > nice-to-have, i do not expect to have it in the next 6 - 12 month, 
> > while I will watch TV in the next 6 - 12 months :) Hence having DVI, 
> > HDTV and so on is not the highest priority. I will probably want to 
> > add it,
> >
> > I am going solely after the  picture (TV) quality.
> >
> 
> 
> 350 is the best, but I have a 350 and an nvidia FX 5200 too, and I use 
> the 5200 for tv-out. I'm starting to think the 350s are a waste of money 
> too.
> 


Waste of money, because of... ? Do you suggest using a regular, chip,
software-based, tuner card instead?


> 
> > I do not mind proprietary drivers, since I hope I have my 
> > compile-from-source times behind me, starting with the (very) early 
> > Linux times.
> >
> 
> 
> Good quality on the 350 will require the 0.4.0 ivtv driver. You may or 
> may not have to compile that from source depending on your distro.


FC4. Please tell me that I don;t have to compile the drivers :) Not that
I am afraid or don't know how to, just can't wait for everything to be
pre-compiled. but let's not start this topic :)

> 
> 
> > I know, however, that ATI (proprietary) drivers are worse than NVIDIA 
> > ones. BTW, which NVIIDA card is worth looking at?
> >
> 
> 
> FX 5200 128M AGP is nice.
> 


Hmm.. quick search on NewEgg revealed several OEM versions of this card.
Could you suggest the particular OEM version? They all use the same
chipset(s)?

Michael
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