[mythtv-users] Best non-Hauppauge TV-out cards?

[Malcolm]

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:54:39 -0500
"Stephen L. Ulmer" <ulmer at ulmer.org> wrote:

> 
> On 29 Feb 2004, mythtv at lds.dyndns.org spake:
> > I'm in the same boat here too.  I have a 350 and a 250.  My most
> > annoyning factor right now is that we cannot go to "watch
> > recordings" without killing a current in progress recording.  Since
> > we record a lot of stuff that's almost always.  I have to check if
> > anything's recording with my laptop and mythweb and if it is we just
> > sit and wait.  That kinda sucks.
> >
> > Would going to an nVida 440 card for TV out eliminate this issue?
> > I'd be using the 350 and 250 for video capture only for now.  I
> > would have bought a card a long time ago to find out except I have
> > to get a new MB (I have no agp slot and my PCIs are full) too. I
> > hate to get another MB and video card just to be stuck with the same
> > problem.
> 
> You could always use whatever video card you have with an outboard
> VGA->TV converter.  Someone posted some links to units available a
> TigerDirect that were in the $50 range.  That would be cheaper than a
> new motherboard and you can use it with the next generation myth box
> too. :)

Good point.  VGA to TV converter.  But there's still the question of will
this solve the problem of recordings in progress been killed when I select
"watch recordings" on the myth menu?

Thanks
Malcolm