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Mark Knecht <markknecht <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> Anyway, one feature I'd like to investigate with this card is |
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> MythTV over s-Video. I already use this on another old machine which |
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> is ATI-based but that ATI driver requires an old kernel so the machine |
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> hasn't been completely updated in a couple of years now. If I can get |
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> Myth out on the S-video port of this new card then possibly I can use |
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> that machine for something else which would be cool. |
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Some of the newer ATI cards surely support this? |
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I have not ever muck around with S_video, but, |
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it's just another well define interface (port), |
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I would think. |
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> Anyway, in the $40 |
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Ohhhh Nooooo! Stop the buss! |
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If you are spending new dollars, I'd highly recommend |
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this ATI card, The 4350! |
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ASUS EAH4350 SILENT, no fan just passively cooled. |
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It uses the latest (smallest transistor) technology |
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to build a very reasonable performing graphics card |
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with little heat and no noise. A Silent video card |
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has to be attractive for any audiophile? |
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It even comes with an HDMI output. I have not gotten |
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into the interfaces (splitting) the video and audio |
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feeds, yet, but it looks encouraging. It was $29 |
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dollars, but, make sure it's fits into your |
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video slot on your mobo. |
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What I guess I'm really trying to say is, if you are |
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spending new money, get a video card that uses |
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the latest GPS technologies and has the outputs |
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you want. Do try to avoid video cards with HDCP |
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built in... |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection |
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Although it's only a matter of time |
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before HDCP is reverse engineered and |
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work_arounds developed, methinks... |
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hth, |
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James |
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