[mythtv-users] nVidia PCI 5200 -> PCIx 6200 TC - Holy Cow!

Steve Hodge stevehodge at gmail.com
Sun Jan 28 03:33:15 UTC 2007


On 1/26/07, Trey Thompson <treythompson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My MB only has two PCI slots, and wanting to add another tuner, I went
> today and got a PCI Express card with the nVidia 6200 TC chipset on
> it.  Didn't do anything with any drivers.  Plugged into the sVideo
> port with the same cable to my TV and everything.  BOOM!  Much
> brighter picture, fits on the screen much better than the 5200, and
> colors are clearer/crisper.
>
> Didn't expect that.
>

S-Video and composite outputs vary drastically in quality, even between
different brand of the same card, depending on what TV encoder is used (i.e.
built in or separate encoder). I'm not suprised that the 6200 has a better
encoder than the 5200.

Steve
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