[mythtv-users] HD TV Out Video Card Options?

[Mark Bell]

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From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Justin Moore
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 9:58 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] HD TV Out Video Card Options?


>> Can anyone give me any input on a decent PCIEx16 or PCIEx4 video card
for 
>> mythtv .20
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I will need to output to a HD Monitor via Component somehow and a PC
LCD 
>> via DVI or VGA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> New motherboard does not have an AGP slot and onboard video is Intel
GMA 
>> X3000
>
> The DVI or VGA part is easy, just about any nVidia card with a PCI
Express 
> interface should work, from the 5300 on up.
>
> Component output is a little harder to find, and of course costs more.
You 
> might want to consider an external converter of some sort if you can't
find a 
> card with component output.

I have the Gigabyte GeForce 7100GS.  It comes with a small 'HDTV' 
adaptor that has s-video, composite, and component output.  See

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125047

It's fanless and is <$50.

-jdm

Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0129
Email:	justin at cs.duke.edu
Web:	http://www.cs.duke.edu/~justin/
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[Mark Bell] 

There is a review on Newegg that says they couldn't get this card to
display a 1080i picture reliably