viewing vhs-movies with Voodoo3 3000

[vurtuwant]

since the voodoo3 3000 has got a tv(-out) port, i was wondering if there is a way to view vhs-movies via a standard vcr connected to the voodoo. or did 3dfx actually have a reason to name the s-vhs port tv-out port?

 

[RobsTV]

The port is for video "output" only.
You can output it to a TV, or output it to a VCR, if you want to record onto tape what is being displayed on your monitor.

 

[vurtuwant]

just why did 3dfx do that? even my old nvidia128 (elsa erazor) card was able to read the signals from a vcr and let me view it via a special software.

 

[RobsTV]

The Elsa card also had Video input. 3dfx made many different V3's. The one with TV out "AND" video input is the V3 3500.

 

[vurtuwant]

true, but its a lot more expensive. allthough compared to the new geforce cards its still a joke (the price of the v3 35).