Good, cheap PCI card with TV out(s-video)?

[Torzwo]

I want to use it to watch videos.

 

[AkumaBao]

Check out the ATI All-In-Wonder family. Or hell, look at their TV tuner cards.

 

[Torzwo]

You can't actually output Divx video and things of that sort through the tuner card though?

 

[nj]

I'd suggest any of the ATI lineup. I bought a Radeon PCI 32mb with a TV-out and it's superb.

The TV-Out ports the desktop VERY well. A good divx is very clear and it's hard to believe it's running from a crappy compaq and an old RCA cable (it came with a svideo to rca adapter).

I tried a Geforce 2's Tv-out and it was just horrid ... Ditto with the GF3, but I imagine this varies from brand to brand.

 

[Mje]

Radeon is definately the way to go for any TV out via PCI situation.

@nj I don't know what happened to Geforce TV out, but it actually works now! Twin view sets up without a hitch in XP and the quality is great (although I did switch the tv from a crappy non-flat panasonic to a Wega). ymmv

 

[spanky]

when u say cheap... how cheap?

 

[RobsTV]

TV out is one of those advanced card features that "usually" only works if card is primary card.
So if you use an AGP video card as primary, and want to add a PCI card for TV out, the TV won't work in most cases.