[mythtvnz] Nvidia Card with component out

[Graeme Woollett]

On 07/07/10 21:32, Rama Madhusudhan wrote:
> People,
> Thanks for all the information provided in this thread.  I purchased 
> an HVR-1200 capture card and noticed that my nvidia 7200 video card 
> playing TV1, and TV2 without pausing.  However TV3 was a different 
> story .. frequent pauses - once every 4-5 seconds.  I am aware that 
> 8xxx cards onwards support VDPAU.  I have a CRT TV that supports 1080i 
> on its component inputs.  I do see the difference in picture quality 
> on the component input between a DVB-S and DVB-T recording/livetv.  I 
> am loathed to purchase another TV although they are cheap-as-chips 
> these days.  Picking up a used card or an nvidia 8400GS silent new 
> (for $50) seems like the answer.  The newer cards appear to have 
> dropped support for component video out in the extensive search I have 
> done.
>
> Sincerely,
> Rama
I have a 8600GT, it has analog component out, it will do advanced  2X 
hardware deinterlacing and will work with older m/b's.
Have a look at http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VDPAU and you will see that 
the 8400GS will only do

One Field (1x) 	Bob (2x) 	Temporal (1x) 	Temporal (2x)


at HD resolution were as the 8600GT will do

One Field (1x) 	Bob (2x) 	Temporal (1x) 	Temporal (2x) 	Advanced (1x) 
Advanced (2x)


It even beats the 9500GT!!

The only 2 drawbacks I see is -
An extra $20-30 on Trademe.
Some occupy 2 slot widths rather than one.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Components/Video-cards/PCIExpress/auction-301984085.htm
Just ask if it has a component adapter to plug into the card.  The two 
Gigabyte boards that I had did.

I've used both cards, the 8400GS is really not up to it for TV3.  You 
can readily tell the difference between a good a a low powered deinterlacer.
Unless the drawbacks above apply I can't understand why you would go 
with the 8400GS.

-- 
Graeme

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