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<blockquote data-quote="upspace" data-source="post: 22739" data-attributes="member: 15624">Well, I know that there are many postings about TV-OUT quality with standard TV and graphic cards. I tried all the hints with my Nvidia FX5200 and Hauppauge 150, spending hours to download codecs and filters, configure overlay, brightness and registry settings... But let's be honest, the picture quality of TV-OUT cannot being compared to a direct plug-in of the cable into the TV. It is far away from what you get on even a old cheap SDTV (Standard Definition TV).IMO the only way to improve picture quality is to add an additional piece of hardware. Therefore I am asking the community what is your recommendation for additional hardware to buy. 1. RGB Cable (50 Euros)Is it also possible to buy such cables for the FX52002. VGA - RGB converter (100 Euros)Which brands? Where to buy (Germany, Switzerland)3. New graphiccard (100-200 Euro)Matrox 400 (???) seems too old fashioned and has no DirectX support.With Hauppauge 350 /XCard I see no use in conjunction with Media Portal. It is MP's ability to have OSD, videos and all media combined in one application which opens a whole new area/market of PVR/HTPC but Hauppauge 350 / XCard was never designed/targeted for that.I am sure that nowadays (October 2005) there must be a graphic card giving good TV-OUT quality, supporing DirectX with hardware accelaration - no exhausted gaming necessary. Or am I wrong? Can we only expect &quot;garbage out&quot; from graphic cards for the PAL/NTSC standard?4. HDTV with HDMI (1000-3000 Euros)Well one day. But at the moment I am happy with my 50 kg 100 Hz PhillipsThanks for your help.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="upspace, post: 22739, member: 15624"] Well, I know that there are many postings about TV-OUT quality with standard TV and graphic cards. I tried all the hints with my Nvidia FX5200 and Hauppauge 150, spending hours to download codecs and filters, configure overlay, brightness and registry settings... But let's be honest, the picture quality of TV-OUT cannot being compared to a direct plug-in of the cable into the TV. It is far away from what you get on even a old cheap SDTV (Standard Definition TV). IMO the only way to improve picture quality is to add an additional piece of hardware. Therefore I am asking the community what is your recommendation for additional hardware to buy. 1. RGB Cable (50 Euros) Is it also possible to buy such cables for the FX5200 2. VGA - RGB converter (100 Euros) Which brands? Where to buy (Germany, Switzerland) 3. New graphiccard (100-200 Euro) Matrox 400 (???) seems too old fashioned and has no DirectX support. With Hauppauge 350 /XCard I see no use in conjunction with Media Portal. It is MP's ability to have OSD, videos and all media combined in one application which opens a whole new area/market of PVR/HTPC but Hauppauge 350 / XCard was never designed/targeted for that. I am sure that nowadays (October 2005) there must be a graphic card giving good TV-OUT quality, supporing DirectX with hardware accelaration - no exhausted gaming necessary. Or am I wrong? Can we only expect "garbage out" from graphic cards for the PAL/NTSC standard? 4. HDTV with HDMI (1000-3000 Euros) Well one day. But at the moment I am happy with my 50 kg 100 Hz Phillips Thanks for your help. [/QUOTE]

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