[mythtvnz] Video card for a diskless frontend?

[Stephen Worthington]

On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:37:45 +1200, you wrote:

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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Stuart Whelan" <mythtv at somepointinthefuture.co.nz>
>To: "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
>Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 8:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Video card for a diskless frontend?
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>> The TV is a JVC AV-32X4BA.
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>This is almost certainly a SD CRT - which quite likely overscans.  An old card which runs the older drivers - including overscan 
>adjustment - may well be best for this TV -  unless you will not want to run a desktop at all.
>
>Buy a fancy graphics card when you buy a HD TV - they'll be cheaper and more power efficient.
>
>Also be aware of the varieties of S-Video - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Video   As has been mentioned on list S-Video is 
>confusing -  they are not all the same or even equal.
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>Also consider that the advantage of S-Video over composite is minimal and not worth (IMHO) the extra cable cost or hassle.

Wrong, the image quality from S-Video is noticeably superior to
composite video.  You may be thinking of component video, which is
reportedly not much different from S-Video in quality (I have not
tried that myself).

>Very likely the best quality image on your TV will come via RGB input via SCART however whether you can easily get RGB out of a 
>NVIDIA (or other) card I do not know, someone on list might?  Testing with an older DVD with RGB out, composite and S-Video will 
>demonstrate the video quality differences.
>
>> Thanks for the advice!
>Hope that helps!  Do let us know! 
>
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