Re: Re: [OT] Video Input Output Cards

["Shaf Ali" <shaf@xxxxxxxx>]

Very well said and totally agreed.

My experiences have lead me to similar disappointments.........

I do remember an MPEG card (Hollywood I think) which played DVD's back out
at reasonable quality (well in those days damn right good quality....)

I'm going to see if I can dig it out and play with it.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 11:03 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] Video Input Output Cards



One of my gripes is that there are no graphics cards with *GOOD* support
for
TV resolutions or decent quality TV outputs ... The s-video stages on all
the graphics cards I have tried suck!

There's a possibility that the Matrox G400 / G450 series of cards can be
used to give an interlaced RGB output suitable for feeding into a SCART
socket (and it's possible that the Ati Radeon 9x00 series of cards may be
coaxable into doing the same) - however this requires playing about with
PowerStrip and defining custom resolutions. Why the hell can't some
graphics
card manufacturer wake up to the fact that some people want good quality PC
DVD playback through a big screen rather than a PC monitor?

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: big_red_frog [mailto:anthony.tod@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 August 2004 22:45
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] Video Input Output Cards
>
> Just my two pence, but I have a AIW card in my AV server, and
> basically I am very disappointed with it.
>
> No native 16:9 resolutions, so no good for my projector, and
> the TV input is lack luster to say the least, as well as
> pretty unstable software, especially on the installation
> configuration front, sound options disappearing entirely and
> other major issues. Many people seem to have similar problems
> with them.
>
> I really could not recomend one.
>
> The pinnacle stuff seems to have a good rep.
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@b...> wrote:
> > Shaf Ali wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > Can anyone recommend a good quality card for input of
analogue
> A/V to
> > > a PC ?
> > > Preferably I'd like an all in one mid range graphics card
FX5700
> ish with
> > > the ability to have *good* TV out.
> >
> >
> > Ps. Just bought an Asus v9520vs twin DVI + VIVO card for ~£60
> (dabs).
> > It's only fx5200 based, but there's an fx5700 version (v9560vs).
> >
> > Other than that, it's mainly Radeon All-in-wonder based stuff.
> Plenty of
> > Radeon 9600 ones about...
> >
> > Jim
>
>
>
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