[mythtv-users] N220GT nVidia Drivers

[Greg Oliver]

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Sunday, October 10, 2010 11:51:02 am Greg Oliver wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 12:46 AM, mike at grounded.net <mike at grounded.net> wrote:
>> >> Many people have a modern set in the LR, but still have old units in the
>> >> BR, Kitchen or basement.
>> >>
>> > Exactly that in my case. We have CRT's here and there in the house where
>> > SD is fine and HD in the living room when it's time to relax. I had seen
>> > this device before but passed on it not knowing if it would be of any
>> > half decent quality for the price. It's totally perfect for me, no need
>> > for an extra card and I can use the nvidia as it's meant to be.
>> >
>> > Since Greg vouches for it, I've got one on the way already :).
>>
>> I do not vouch for perfect quality, but it is very readable text and
>> graphics in the menus, and of course the tv looks like SD tv..  I'm
>> sure the $200 devices have much better sharpening built in, but like I
>> said - I am not trying to make her tv experience better as much as I
>> am trying to get her to replace her tv :)
>
>
> What? No SECAM support? Outrageous!
>
> Looks like it supports only 4:3 aspects. I wonder what it does if hit with 16:9? Nothing? Crop? Scale?

Dunno - I have only ever fed it a 4:3 modeline from the get-go.?.?.?

> But for the price it seems like a good bet, not too much to lose if it doesn't work out.

That was my bet too.