Re: Please review my proposed Shuttle Media Center PC spec
From: Nigel Barker (nigel_at_hp.com)
Date: 11/26/04
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Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:29:06 GMT
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:06:17 -0000, "Stephen Neal"
<stephen.neal@nospam.please.as-directed.com> wrote:
>Nigel Barker wrote:
>> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 22:55:27 -0700, "Leadfoot" <nospam@nospam.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I would avoid being cheap in the video card department. Check
>>> around in the HTPC forums and see which cards have the best TV out.
>>> Not every Tv-out chip is the same. If you can find a store with a
>>> goood return policy then you cab try it before committing to it.
>>
>> I don't believe that there any cards on the MCE HCL that have good
>> TV-out. Average or adequate would be a better description.
>
>Yep - this seems to be my experience. I am quite surprised that such
>expensive and high quality video cards have such low quality TV outputs -
>especially when it is possible to get a decent quality output using a
>VGA->RGB SCART cable, a suitable video card and Powerstrip. (I guess this
>is why Powerstrip is so popular in the US, where it can be used to drive
>HDTVs via a VGA->Component converter - or in some cases the video cards
>themselves can switch to component output)
It seems to me that TV-out is very much an afterthought with even the most
expensive graphics cards. Their design centre seems to be high performance in 3D
gaming. As I've mentioned several times before it is ironic that an Xbox that
costs less than a decent graphics card produces a better quality TV picture. The
Xbox also by default has RGB out & it is possible to upgrade to hi-def
progressive scan with a suitable cable.
>
>I am amazed at the difference in quality that I have got from Windows MCE
>since I switched from S-video TV-out to a VGA->SCART RGB solution and
>Powerstrip!
You have me very interested in this now although I only solder when I absolutely
have too:-) Let us know what Keane quote you for a custom made cable.
-- Nigel Barker Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
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