Why does TV out suck all the time? And when will it get good?

[KDOG]

We've been waiting for quite a while for TV out to get good. Anyone know when it will? I have a GeForce2 MX...I heard there was supposed to be an adapter card coming out for it that would have TV out and video capture. What happened to that?

 

[Hanpan]

Check this out. It's in japanese but it shows some interesting pictures.

The following is uncerimoniously ripped from hardocp.

"Impress is showing off a new HDTV output daughter board for Canopus Spectra 7200 and higher Geforce cards. Costs roughly $108 US, but only available in Japan I'm afraid. Check out the last pic on this page, full HDTV res out, makes reading text on a 50"+ screen easy. And at 1280x720....drool."

 

[Gunbuster]

I wish they would just get mainstream with HD ready sets that have VGA in.

 

[Workin']

<< makes reading text on a 50&quot;+ screen easy. And at 1280x720....drool >>

LOL, have you checked prices on 50&quot;+ screens that can do that kind of resolution? Costs more than the average new car! The tax on a screen that good of that size will be several times more than a $100 daughterboard.

At a job I had a few years ago I used a Sun Sparc workstation and a 56&quot; data-grade rear-projection monitor (made by Electrohome, now Christie Digital). 1200 x something resolution, very nice. But the monitor cost $42,000. And it was about as big as 2 refrigerators and weighed 800 pounds. That was some excellent TV-out, though.

BTW, 1080 is the highest HDTV resolution available.

But it would be cool if HDTV-ready sets with VGA inputs were widely available at affordable prices.

 

[Sohcan]

Workin', the 1080i resolution on HDTV sets is 1080 vertical lines, making it 1920x1080. They can easily handle 1280x720. 50&quot; HDTV-ready projection TVs are around $2500 - $5000 USD (which isn't too bad, considering some 36&quot; Wega models are upwards of $1200).

 

[Gunbuster]

looks like RCA has some HD ready sets with VGA in but it's RCA yuck

 

[Zucchini]

Well what you really want is 720p though, interlace is suck

 

[Noriaki]

Sort of related.....is a DVD watchable on a 26&quot; TV with the TV-out on a GeForce2? Specifically the Asus V7100/T...I usually use my monitor but sometimes it would be nice to have the bigger screen....does the TV-out on a GeForce2 look ok for that?

I don't want to read text or anything...just watch DVDs. Maybe play Quake3 or something on the bigger screen just for kicks

 

[Zucchini]

Probably not, most tv out is pretty bad. That and you'll be losing animorphic resolution for a lousy 26&quot; tv.

 

[Noriaki]

Probably not as good as my Hollywood plus?

 

[office boy]

Maybe you should read.Geforce2 MX better than Hollywood+? This is how...

 

[Noriaki]

Yeah but then I'd have to buy that funny little TVTool program...I already have my H+, so I might as well just keep it and save myself a few dollars on a the GeForce2 and get one without TV-out right hehehe

I do appreciate the suggestion though

 

[office boy]

EH it is shareware.....

 

[TravisBickle]

the matrox g450 has dvd max, where it can show dvds in whatever resolution you like on a TV and expand the picture to fit the screen right.
sucky 3d speed though

 

[Noriaki]

Is it free? Oh I thought I saw something about registering the software, and assumed it involved money. Perhaps I'll have to take another look, thanks for the tip.

Yeah DVD max is sweet sh*t....if only matrox would release the G800 I'd be all over it, but the G450 has little more juice than my V3....