[plug] TV i/o video card experience?

[Ben New]

Garry,

I just installed GeForce 4 MX440 cards in two of my Linux machines the 
other day, they have TV out and, it appears, capture (on the same plug 
though, is that normal?). Am yet to test TV capabilities (on Linux or 
otherwise), but it was picked up fine in terms of svga output, on 
Mandrake 9.1. They cost about $80 each (Auriga brand, NVidia chipset) 
from OmniVision (near Canning Bridge).

Ben




Garry wrote:

>I'm looking at replacing a MX200 PCI card, and was wondering if any PLUGGers has had good experience with one?
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>Reason: MX200 does not have video out. Monitor too dark to watch DVDs comfortably.
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>Need: An economical PCI or AGP card with 2.4.2x support, which does a good job of taking load from my now aged Athlon 800.. TV out a must, TV in (capture) a bonus!
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>I don't play 3D games much, so that isn't an issue. The current one easily handles Tux-downhill, which is all I need..
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>Any tips on using the TV out for mplayer, and the normal monitor otherwise? I guess I _could_ run the MX200 for normal SVGA stuff if it makes it easier to direct mplayer to the TV..?
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>Less than $100 would be excellent..
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>Regards
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>Garry
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