VIVO - What exactly can it do?

[Hani]

Can someone pleae explain what does Video-IN Video-Out mean and what can it do? What can you hook it up to? Is it usfel or is it a waste of money?

Thanks

 

[EMAN]

You can hook up almost anything.

DVD, Camcorder, VHS, Playstation 2


You can make VCD, Divx out of your DVD or VHS movies.

You can also watch TV from your video in by hooking up a VCR.

 

[Hani]

Which chip usually does this? If a video card has VIVO, does this mean that it has a Philips SA7108 chip?

And, is VIVO worth the extra money?

 

[EMAN]

And, is VIVO worth the extra money?

To me it's worth the extra money. Because I like making VCDs.


Which chip usually does this? If a video card has VIVO, does this mean that it has a Philips SA7108 chip?

What are you talking about? Philips SA7108???? It means it has video in and out video out plugs. It is included with a video card like ATI radeon 64meg VIVO or some other NVidia vivo card. ATI has higher quality though.

 

[Hani]

Regarding the chip, check this page out:

http://www.sparkle.com.tw/product/nvidia/sp6800pci.htm

Scroll down to "Video in / Video out Optional module". See the encoder chip? The Philips SAA7108 is the same one used in digital satellite recievers, so it should have good quality. That's why I want the card to have that chipset.

Anyway, would you get:

Gainward GeForce 2 TITANIUM Ti/500XP 64MB DDR VIVO Golden Sample Plus (GF2Ti)

or

Gainward GeForce2 TwinView/VIVO Golden Sample 32MB Supports 2 Monitors (G2MX400)

Difference is 26$. I think I might get the GF2Ti, or a Radeon 7500 w/ TV-OUT only, what do you think?

 

[Hani]

OK, another question, how can you hook up the sound from the DVD/Camcorder/TV to the card, if it only has video-in connectors? I understand the video part, but what about the sound? Input and output?

 

[clarkmo]

The sound gets hooked up to your soundcard. The current radeons do not have video in. The older ones do.(some of them). To get video in with a current radeon you could get a tv card. I saw one in hot deals for $29+-

 

[NelsonMuntz]

<< Gainward GeForce 2 TITANIUM Ti/500XP 64MB DDR VIVO Golden Sample Plus (GF2Ti)

or

Gainward GeForce2 TwinView/VIVO Golden Sample 32MB Supports 2 Monitors (G2MX400)

Difference is 26$. I think I might get the GF2Ti, or a Radeon 7500 w/ TV-OUT only, what do you think? >>


I have been thinking about getting that first card myself for a long time, and if I was going to get one now, that is the one I would get. BTW, some use the chip you mentioned and some do not, so you need to look in to what chip it is using for those functions.

 

[EMAN]

Video in and video out of Nvidia chips doesn't have a good quality. If you really want to record and such and you really want an Nvidia card, buy another tuner card and separate video card.