[mythtv-users] Confusion about Output Cards.

Nick Ellson grimm at nickellson.com
Tue Mar 14 22:04:34 UTC 2006



Ok, I found my model specs:

The Sony Wega KDF-42WE655:

Inputs:

Front Audio/Video Inputs:  S-Video: 1, Composite: 1, Stereo Audio (RCA): 1
Rear Audio/Video Inputs:  Composite: 2, S-Video: 2, Component: 2, HDMI: 1


I guess all the newer models do have PC inputs, my does not.

What might I make best use of?

Nick


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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Jesse Guardiani wrote:

> Nick Ellson wrote:
>> I am putting together a Myth TV system mainly to have menu based playback
>> of my Movie Collection (I started keeping .iso's of my kids films as they
>> tend to wreck them alot.)
>>
>> When I saw MythTV, it was as a search for a video JukeBox. While I'll
>> definately set up the whole thing, I see a lot of emphasis on input cards,
>> but my concern is getting the best audio/video output to my Sony Wega
>> HDTV and the Dream System surround sound.
>>
>> To get good quality playback from hard drive stored movies, what should I
>> be looking for? So far I have seen benefits posted on the PVR-350 for it's
>> decoder in hardware. But that's about it. What kind of connection to a
>> sound system can I expect? Or to an HDTV?
>>
>
> For HDTV, if you have DVI or VGA input then those are best. I think
> DVI->HDMI adapters exist
> as well. I'm using an Nvidia 5200 -> DVI -> Westinghouse 32" LCD. It's
> quite nice.
>
> For SDTV, the 350 is best, but many chose an nvidia card because nvidia
> cards show BIOS posts
> on tv out and have opengl accel.
>
> One more note: SDTV looks fairly bad using software scaling on an HDTV.
> Usually it's perceived
> as worse than SDTV on an actual SDTV due to the pixelation. Oh well.
> DVDs look nice though,
> and of course HDTV looks great.
>
>
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