[mythtv-users] Preferred interface for HDTV?

[John Finlay]

John Welch wrote:
>
>     How about something like this that would allow you to use either?
>
>     http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138061
>
> Don't mean to hijack the thread, but I posted a somewhat related 
> question last night and haven't gotten any responses yet.  Anyone know 
> if motherboards with onboard video ports, like the one linked here, 
> typically allow for both ports to be used simultaneously?  I'm looking 
> to put together a PC that will be used as both a mythfrontend, and as 
> a general use PC (office applications, multimedia applications, 
> etc.).  I want to connect up both an HDTV and a LCD monitor, and right 
> now I'm not sure what type of video card or onboard video I should 
> get, or whether what I'm looking to do is even possible.
The board I referenced above will simultaneously drive both a monitor 
over the VGA and LCD TV over the HDMI using the Nvida driver and setting 
up TwinView using nvidia-settings.

John