[mythtv-users] Which Nvidia card for TV-OUT?

[Jason Schloer]

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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jarod C. Wilson
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 1:49 PM
To: christianh at pdd.edmi.com.au; Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Which Nvidia card for TV-OUT?

Christian Hack wrote:

>>Well, it may not save a huge amount of money. The transcoder 
>>I got was 
>>$108, though for me, it was well worth it. See if you can confirm if 
>>you have RGB or YPbPr Component inputs, because if you have 
>>RGB, a $20 
>>DVI->RGB Component cable should do the trick. If you can get 
>>the exact 
>>model number of your TV, I can try to take a look at the specs and 
>>probably make a better recommendation that way.
>>
>>    
>>
>
>Jarod, 
>
>I don't suppose you're inquisitive enough to have popped the lid off one
>of these?
>

Nope, I never popped the lid on it.

>If not would you?
>

I'll see about doing that this weekend...

>I believe I have the appropriate design
>together to build one and would be interested at roughly what's actually
>inside one of these. I just need to get some slightly less off the shelf
>parts (digikey/farnell/RS have them though) and layout the board.
>  
>

I'll see if I can get a good picture of the internals also.

>The way I see it they are very dumb and mainly perform the colour space
>conversion and combine the sync into the Y signal. There can't be that
>much in them given their size either.
>

Well, you've piqued my curiosity, so I'll give it a look-see... ;)

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Check out avsforum and do a search for DIY component or something like that.
They collaborated on a device to do it. They claim it's better than most in
that it does differentiate between the 480 color conversion and HD color
conversions, as there is a slight color space difference. I have the design
somewhere if you can't find it.

-Jason