I have never seen a video card that has RCA video out that can come close to matching a stand alone DVD player's RCA output.
For example, when playing DVDs on my television, the my ATI Radeon and GeForce cards don't hold a candle to a standalone unit or even a Playstation2 in picture quality - not even with a Monster RCA cable. The deep blacks look blue and greens and reds aren't bright.
Because there are a lot of video cards on the market and still no video card I have seen has a decent D/A converter, I am going to assume that the reason is a technical one, not a political/marketing one.
Is is that a quality D/A converter is too hot or too large to fit on a video card?
If not, why are video card video out features behind standalone DVD players in quality?
For example, when playing DVDs on my television, the my ATI Radeon and GeForce cards don't hold a candle to a standalone unit or even a Playstation2 in picture quality - not even with a Monster RCA cable. The deep blacks look blue and greens and reds aren't bright.
Because there are a lot of video cards on the market and still no video card I have seen has a decent D/A converter, I am going to assume that the reason is a technical one, not a political/marketing one.
Is is that a quality D/A converter is too hot or too large to fit on a video card?
If not, why are video card video out features behind standalone DVD players in quality?
