[mythtv-gta]: A MythTV building workshop?

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Wed Aug 11 22:16:28 UTC 2010


On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 05:57:46PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> Analogue video support ("TV out") doesn't seem to be available in newer 
> cards.  I presume that this is because analogue video devices are being 
> phased out expecially in the US.  You cannot buy an analogue-only TV; VCRs 
> are considered a joke; camcoders are digital (even if some can do analogue 
> out).
> 
> The AMD chips in AMD 5xxx cards are not able to do analogue.  I don't
> remember whether the previous generation, the 4xxx could (I think not).
> 
> nVidia is probably similar.

My 8600GT has composite and svideo (NTSC) and component (in HD only),
output.  I guess an 8600 is a couple of generations old by now though.

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