[mythtv-users] TV out for unlisted card?

[Angus]

Mitch Gore wrote:
> nvidia 5200 and 6200 are the most popular.  I know the 5200 comes in 
> PCI not sure about the 6200.

    6200 does, too, but when I tried to look up the hardware 
requirements for this card, I got no where. I e-mailed nVidia asking for 
this information, but I get the feeling they are the type of outfit that 
doesn't answer its mail.

>
> Mitchell
>
> On 3/29/07, *Angus* < sylvania at istop.com <mailto:sylvania at istop.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Rod Smith wrote:
>     > On Thursday 29 March 2007 22:55, Angus wrote:
>     >
>     >> It seems that TV out isn't quite as well supported as I
>     thought. I've
>     >> read through the Wikis and mailing lists and I can't figure out
>     where to
>     >> get started. If I have a very low-budget card with a TV out
>     (say, a
>     >> KWorld Global Terminator, which has a SAA713? chipset, still)
>     and I want
>     >> to connect the TV out to my TV, how do I go about beginning
>     with that?
>     >>
>     >
>     > The KWorld Global Terminator is a TV *capture* card, meaning you
>     plug in an
>     > antenna, cable TV cable, or the like to *record* TV using the
>     card. AFAIK, it
>     > lacks the ability to send output *to* a TV. To be sure we're
>     talking about
>     > the same thing, check these URLs:
>     >
>
>         You know what, I think you're right. That's just great! I make
>     very
>     certain that this card has everything I want, but it turns out all
>     along
>     that that TV port is an input port, not an output port. Good thing I
>     didn't spend too much money for this stupid thing, but nothing would
>     have been a better price for nothing.
>
>     > For TV output, you need one of several things:
>     >
>     > 1) A regular computer video card and a separate converter box
>     that takes the
>     >    VGA output from the video card and converts it to a TV
>     standard suitable
>     >    for your TV, such as composite, S-video, DVI, etc.
>     >
>     > 2) A computer video card that includes a TV output suitable for
>     your TV, such
>     >    as composite, S-video, DVI, etc.
>     >
>     >
>     [snip]
>     > Most people go for option #2 because a video card with TV
>     outputs isn't much
>     > more expensive than a video card without TV outputs, whereas a
>     converter box
>     > (needed for #1) is moderately expensive. They can be had fairly
>     cheaply on
>     > eBay, though, so if you've got an otherwise suitable video card,
>     #1 might be
>     > a reasonable way to go.
>     >
>         Alright then, does anyone else use MythTV for TV out? Can anyone
>     recommend a card? I realize that there already are some
>     recommendations,
>     but I have a few special needs. My computer is an 800MHz Celeron,
>     w/out
>     any AGP. So I'd need a PCI card that can handle a CPU w/only 800MHz.
>
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