Re: [mythtv-users] Gigabyte video card
Matt Mossholder wrote: I've run into this one before... the problem with your FX5200 may be that the TV expects HDCP to be supported by the video card. My Panasonic is that way... I just get black screens on a FX5200 while DVI out of the cablebox works fine. If so, you need to go pick up a 6000 series or 7000 series NVIDIA card, which have HDCP support in the chipset. --Matt I don't doubt that this may be the case, but it sure seems pointless to me. I fail to see how accepting non-HDCP input at a monitor or TV allows anyone to defeat copy protection. (Refusing to accept HDCP input, conversely, will keep you from viewing sources that supply HDCP content. And refusing to honor HDCP on a device that can record allows you to defeat copy protection.) Insisting that the source be HDCP-capables seems like poor or lazy design. For all I know, though, it may be common or universal in the new chipsets used by the TV manufacturers. G, Len On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 14:09 -0500, Steve Adeff wrote: On Monday 28 November 2005 23:53, Len Reed wrote: Steve Adeff wrote: card should work fine. Looks similar to NVIDIA's reference design. 1080i over DVI to an HDTV is hit or miss though. Hit or miss due to weird mismatch between card and HDTV, or do you just mean that some HDTVs don't support 1080i into DVI/HMDI but only into component video? weird mismatch. My DCT6200 outputs 1080i to my TV's HDMI port perfectly, but I can't for the life of me get my FX5200 with interlaced output support to work. Go figure, cheap HDTV... I'm about to buy a Sony KDS-R60XBR1. The spec sheet says it supports 1080i on component and on HDMI. Is there any reason to think that an nVIDIA 6200 PCI-E card over a DVI-to-HDMI cable won't produce excellent results? I'm talking about way too much money for anything short of excellent. With a Sony I'd think it would work, but do a search to see if anyone else has any experience with it. Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Gigabyte video card
On Thursday 01 December 2005 00:02, Matt Mossholder wrote: I've run into this one before... the problem with your FX5200 may be that the TV expects HDCP to be supported by the video card. My Panasonic is that way... I just get black screens on a FX5200 while DVI out of the cablebox works fine. If so, you need to go pick up a 6000 series or 7000 series NVIDIA card, which have HDCP support in the chipset. --Matt On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 14:09 -0500, Steve Adeff wrote: On Monday 28 November 2005 23:53, Len Reed wrote: Steve Adeff wrote: card should work fine. Looks similar to NVIDIA's reference design. 1080i over DVI to an HDTV is hit or miss though. Hit or miss due to weird mismatch between card and HDTV, or do you just mean that some HDTVs don't support 1080i into DVI/HMDI but only into component video? weird mismatch. My DCT6200 outputs 1080i to my TV's HDMI port perfectly, but I can't for the life of me get my FX5200 with interlaced output support to work. Go figure, cheap HDTV... I'm about to buy a Sony KDS-R60XBR1. The spec sheet says it supports 1080i on component and on HDMI. Is there any reason to think that an nVIDIA 6200 PCI-E card over a DVI-to-HDMI cable won't produce excellent results? I'm talking about way too much money for anything short of excellent. With a Sony I'd think it would work, but do a search to see if anyone else has any experience with it. Steve Matt, I did get a picture but it was all screwed up like the TV couldn't lock on to the signal. This may be an HDCP thing. I'll have to see if I know anyone with an AGP 6000 or 7000 series NVIDIA card that I can check with. thanks for the info! -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Gigabyte video card
I've run into this one before... the problem with your FX5200 may be that the TV expects HDCP to be supported by the video card. My Panasonic is that way... I just get black screens on a FX5200 while DVI out of the cablebox works fine. If so, you need to go pick up a 6000 series or 7000 series NVIDIA card, which have HDCP support in the chipset. --Matt On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 14:09 -0500, Steve Adeff wrote: On Monday 28 November 2005 23:53, Len Reed wrote: Steve Adeff wrote: card should work fine. Looks similar to NVIDIA's reference design. 1080i over DVI to an HDTV is hit or miss though. Hit or miss due to weird mismatch between card and HDTV, or do you just mean that some HDTVs don't support 1080i into DVI/HMDI but only into component video? weird mismatch. My DCT6200 outputs 1080i to my TV's HDMI port perfectly, but I can't for the life of me get my FX5200 with interlaced output support to work. Go figure, cheap HDTV... I'm about to buy a Sony KDS-R60XBR1. The spec sheet says it supports 1080i on component and on HDMI. Is there any reason to think that an nVIDIA 6200 PCI-E card over a DVI-to-HDMI cable won't produce excellent results? I'm talking about way too much money for anything short of excellent. With a Sony I'd think it would work, but do a search to see if anyone else has any experience with it. Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Gigabyte video card
On Monday 28 November 2005 23:53, Len Reed wrote: Steve Adeff wrote: card should work fine. Looks similar to NVIDIA's reference design. 1080i over DVI to an HDTV is hit or miss though. Hit or miss due to weird mismatch between card and HDTV, or do you just mean that some HDTVs don't support 1080i into DVI/HMDI but only into component video? weird mismatch. My DCT6200 outputs 1080i to my TV's HDMI port perfectly, but I can't for the life of me get my FX5200 with interlaced output support to work. Go figure, cheap HDTV... I'm about to buy a Sony KDS-R60XBR1. The spec sheet says it supports 1080i on component and on HDMI. Is there any reason to think that an nVIDIA 6200 PCI-E card over a DVI-to-HDMI cable won't produce excellent results? I'm talking about way too much money for anything short of excellent. With a Sony I'd think it would work, but do a search to see if anyone else has any experience with it. Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Gigabyte video card
I'm looking at a similar card. I have a couple friends who work for Nvidia, one who makes chips (and, no, this doesn't get me any discounts on cards:( ). He says that the 6200 series does HDTV very well, and are well supported on Linux. There are a couple caveats: Make sure your mainboard has PCI-E. Mine has AGP, so I can't use this card. The AGP options are fewer and more expensive. I'm not sure the difference between the two, except you have to use what you have. This card may not come with component out. You may have to purchase the connectors seperately. It supports VGA and DVI natively. My television has DVI, but then I'm still paying for the cables. A more expensive card may support the component outputs, which can use cheaper cables, and thus close the money gap. All that being said, I have not yet picked up a video card (using on-board cheapo until I resolve some firewire issues) and all of my info is gained from telephone conversations and not real experience. Caveat emptor. -Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone had experience using the Gigabyte GV-NX62TC256DE video card? It's pretty cheap and has outputs for component video. I'm wondering if it's worth it. specs: http://www.giga-byte.com/VGA/Products/Products_GV-NX62TC256DE.htm Thanks! -Pete ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Gigabyte video card
On Monday 28 November 2005 16:32, David Rudder wrote: I'm looking at a similar card. I have a couple friends who work for Nvidia, one who makes chips (and, no, this doesn't get me any discounts on cards:( ). He says that the 6200 series does HDTV very well, and are well supported on Linux. There are a couple caveats: Make sure your mainboard has PCI-E. Mine has AGP, so I can't use this card. The AGP options are fewer and more expensive. I'm not sure the difference between the two, except you have to use what you have. This card may not come with component out. You may have to purchase the connectors seperately. It supports VGA and DVI natively. My television has DVI, but then I'm still paying for the cables. A more expensive card may support the component outputs, which can use cheaper cables, and thus close the money gap. All that being said, I have not yet picked up a video card (using on-board cheapo until I resolve some firewire issues) and all of my info is gained from telephone conversations and not real experience. Caveat emptor. -Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone had experience using the Gigabyte GV-NX62TC256DE video card? It's pretty cheap and has outputs for component video. I'm wondering if it's worth it. specs: http://www.giga-byte.com/VGA/Products/Products_GV-NX62TC256DE.htm Thanks! -Pete card should work fine. Looks similar to NVIDIA's reference design. 1080i over DVI to an HDTV is hit or miss though. Check RAM electronics http://www.ramelectronics.net/ for cheap high quality electronics cables (audio, video, DVI, etc) -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Gigabyte video card
Steve Adeff wrote: card should work fine. Looks similar to NVIDIA's reference design. 1080i over DVI to an HDTV is hit or miss though. Hit or miss due to weird mismatch between card and HDTV, or do you just mean that some HDTVs don't support 1080i into DVI/HMDI but only into component video? I'm about to buy a Sony KDS-R60XBR1. The spec sheet says it supports 1080i on component and on HDMI. Is there any reason to think that an nVIDIA 6200 PCI-E card over a DVI-to-HDMI cable won't produce excellent results? I'm talking about way too much money for anything short of excellent. Thanks, Len ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
