[mythtv-users] HD TV Out Video Card Options?

[Mark Bell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Henry A Harper III
> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 11:49 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] HD TV Out Video Card Options?
> 
> 
> > Mark Bell wrote:
> > >
> > > Can anyone give me any input on a decent PCIEx16 or PCIEx4 video
card
> > > for mythtv .20
> > >
> > > I will need to output to a HD Monitor via Component somehow and a
PC
> > > LCD via DVI or VGA
> > >
> > > New motherboard does not have an AGP slot and onboard video is
Intel
> > > GMA X3000
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > I am curently using a FX5200 with a home-made vga to RGBHV converter
> > (Basically component but with the H and V sync signals broken out to
> > their own input) to output 480p and 1080i on a Philips HD monitor.
> > Picture looks great and the card has no problems outputting the
signal.
> > Since you are looking for component, you will need a model that has
a
> > converter dongle. Your video card is not going to be the bottleneck
as
> > long as it has hardware MPEG decoders so pick the one that provides
the
> > outputs you need. Be sure to pick a fanless model if sound level is
an
> > issue.
> > ====
> > Thanks
> > I don't need the H, V just the RGB
> > I do have a VGA to RGB adapter cable but cannot get it to work
> > with my 5200. Should this cable work with the right xorg config
> 
> I have an Asus 7600GS PCIe16 (fanless) working just great on 1080i via
> component-out dongle to my CRT RPTV w/recent (9746) nvidia binary
driver.
> Had a very unsuccessful time last August trying to get a VGA-RGBHV
> breakout
> cable to work w/ the TV and fiddling with modelines. What worked was
the
> Option "TVStandard" "HD1080i" and let the TV-encoder worry about the
> modeline. The 7600 is considered overkill here but I was in a "better
safe
> than sorry" mode trying to get my first myth box working before the
fall
> TV
> shows started. I just barely made it and have been watching way too
much
> TV
> ever since, thanks to the mythtv developers (before myth I had a
> HD-DirecTivo).
> 
> 
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[Mark Bell] 

Thanks Henry,

That's what I needed to hear.

Mark