[mythtv-users] Matrox G400 Dual/Head TV-Out

Chip Marshall chip at chocobo.cx
Mon Jul 14 16:28:07 EDT 2003


On July 14, 2003, Zaheer Abbas Merali sent me the following:
> I have both an xfx nvidia geforce2mx with tv-out (its a chrontel tv
> encoder, i believe) and a matrox g400 dual head with tv-out.  I
> originally had the nvidia card in.  I could not get the tv-out to fully
> cover the screen and at the right colour balance.  I decided after a cpl
> of weeks to swap the cards and put my matrox in.  Within 1/2 an hr, I
> had perfect tv-out covering the whole screen.  This is what I have in my
> startup script:
[snip]
> I would not hesitate in recommending the matrox g400 card to anyone over
> the nvidia for tv-out.  I have a PAL tv that is being outputted to.

It seems like a lot of people are having good luck with this card
using PAL. I've played around with using it on an NTSC TV, and have
been having trouble getting it to fill the screen properly. Anyone out
there happily using a G400 for NTSC output?

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