On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 10:01:27 -0600 "Kevin D. Timm" <kevindtimm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Who here uses one of these? > Which one do you use? > What size TV do you have? > What picture quality do you get? > > I'm trying to make the next jump to a PVR system and > want to know if the picture quality on my big screen > will be good enough to do it. External VGA->NTSC converters are bad. All of them. Without exception. Don't buy one, don't even accept one as a gift. OK, I'm being unfair. There are very expensive models that are pretty good. But like i said, they're expensive. Instead, go find a Matrox G400 or G400-MAX dual head card, and build the tv-out cable for the 2nd head. This setup is as good as it ever got, and it looks pretty good on my 36" tv. I'm using an 800x600 framebuffer, the Maven chip on the G400-DH is scaling it down to a TV signal, and does a damn fine job. I'm not saying you'll be able to read 8 point type, i'm saying Freevo works very well and looks very good. Do NOT get a g450, g550, etc. only the G400 dual head card will do the job. the MAX version is just the same board at a higher clock speed for faster 3d rendering. - Eric
