IVB
09-19-2003, 12:01 AM
Dang - every time I get close to buying a solution, I see another thread that makes me think I'm going to waste my $$. Heck - I haven't even bought a capture card yet, as the answer to this could potentially affect that decision.
My question, for those that are actually using or have used the S-video out on cards and simple basic 27-32" $600 TVs with only S-vid in [i.e., no component] and not the $2K+ HDTVs, projectors, :
Is there really much of a difference between the quality of s-video out on:
- PVR 350
- Matrox 550
- nVidia 5200
- ATI 7500 [my god - this is a supersize card; I only have room for 1 card this size, 1 smaller card in the box]
I'll probably won't get an HDTV in 2+ years, at which point I'll have well amortized the whopping $200 max investment I'll make in the above. However, there's no way spending more than that will achieve WAF.
FWIW - I have a dedicated A/V server which in retrospect was the wrong box but now I own it so well: VAIO, 2.6GHz P4, 512MB RAM, 2x60GB HD [but may be swapped out for bigger].
My plan is to send the output to a distribution panel for whole house distribution to 3 [cheap] TVs. I'll use OSD to make life simpler, although Sage2 will help the cause there.
My question, for those that are actually using or have used the S-video out on cards and simple basic 27-32" $600 TVs with only S-vid in [i.e., no component] and not the $2K+ HDTVs, projectors, :
Is there really much of a difference between the quality of s-video out on:
- PVR 350
- Matrox 550
- nVidia 5200
- ATI 7500 [my god - this is a supersize card; I only have room for 1 card this size, 1 smaller card in the box]
I'll probably won't get an HDTV in 2+ years, at which point I'll have well amortized the whopping $200 max investment I'll make in the above. However, there's no way spending more than that will achieve WAF.
FWIW - I have a dedicated A/V server which in retrospect was the wrong box but now I own it so well: VAIO, 2.6GHz P4, 512MB RAM, 2x60GB HD [but may be swapped out for bigger].
My plan is to send the output to a distribution panel for whole house distribution to 3 [cheap] TVs. I'll use OSD to make life simpler, although Sage2 will help the cause there.