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[arjay]

wynsys11

Thanks for the knowledgeable reply. As to the Radeon 9250 - you are quite correct - it IS dual display capable. What fooled me is the version I have, has only one VGA port. Presumably, there is another version - 9550 or the 9250Pro that has two vga ports. As you say, even with only one vga, you could still dual display using one of the other ports (DVI or svideo).

Now - to the matter oif changing channels. If you don't use the numbers on your remote for changing channels, how do you do it? Surely not by cycling up/down through all the available ones using the +/- button or the epg?

RJ

 

[winsys11]

I always use the guide. I haven't had a chance to try the buttons yet.

The 9250 may have only 1 vga connector on the card support but i'd be surprised if there was not a header (16 pin?) on the board that connects to an IDC vga connector via ribbon cable.

 

[iq938]

I was just wondering i have my playstation connected via RCA to my tv card and tv is coming in via RF.

I use my tv card software to display the 3 input signals CVBS, S-Video and RF TV.

In MP can i select these different sources like a channel or something so i can switch to CVBS(RCA) to play the playstation or maybe view a vcr/camcorder instead of using the other software separately?

 

[Marcusb]

Only if your TV card is hardware based or if it is a software based card and the relevant work has been done to make it compaitble.

If you tell us your card type we can give more help.

 

[winsys11]

if you plug playstation composite video and audio in to the corresponding inputs in your card, you should be able to add a channel called "playstation", set it as external, CVBS#1 (or whatever it is). The channel number setting is irrelevant.

So, when you select channel playstation, MP will simply select the correct input.

Good idea, I like it

 

[Marcusb]

but remember that this is still dependant on the type of card you have. For example, Winsys11 (or MB :wink: ), I know for a fact that it will not work on the Compro cards you have.

 

[winsys11]

interesting you say that, MB....

I first bought a single Compro, and had digital TV decoded by the DVB bit, analogue FTA TV decoded by the analog part, and my Foxtel composite video fed into CVBS#1.

This all worked _exactly_ as it should.

In fact it was that setup that neccessitated the 3.5mm plug modification, as it's the compro that has the 3.5mm jack, not the pvr-150 (i was previously mistaken, the PVR-150 is full height, and has red.white.yellow RCA sockets on it).

So, yes you can select CVBS input with the compro.

The only reason I went to the PVR-150 for the composite video (analogue) is becuase it has a hardware codec whereas the compro does not (only for digital), and the recording was pretty crappy using the software codec (even on 3+GhzP4)

I had a play just now with the composite input on the compro, but didn't get any positive results. Perhaps I didn't set it up right, or perhaps it's because I have too many cards, or maybe I just don't understand the mapping of CVBS stuff to cards... (anybody explain?)


BTW, I also just tried the numeric buttons on the remote, and they work fine. A bit odd tho', the channels numbers a re in the order they appear in setup, and no way I can see to change them. So channels just go 1,2,3,4 etc, and only two digit ! I have 130 channels, so thats why I use the guide, so I don't have to remember anything

 

[iq938]

thanks winsys i will try it and let you know if i can get it to work.

my tv card is a leadtek winfast pvr2000
it has hardware mpegII decoder, is that what you mean by hardware based.

Yes it was one of the expensive ones when i got it 2 years ago but the quality is fantastic and its got many features.
You can check it out here: http://www.leadtek.com/multimedia/winfast_pvr2000_1.html

also anyone know what the highest and best resolution and refresh rate is for a Dell 17" CRT monitor, is the monitor limited to 85hz and 1024x768 or is it dependent on what graphics card supports.

I have a 64mb graphics card and the highest i can get it to is 1152x864 85hz, The quality for videos/games/tv looks amazing. I got the CRT free so am using 17" TFT for Pc stuff but although CRT's are big nothing can beat their quality. For me they seem alot better than plasma/lcd/tft.

Looking to upgrade my graphics card to a 256mb/512mb will i be able to get better refresh rate/resolution than i currently have?

 

[winsys11]

i wouldn't get too excited about refresh rates. TV refreshes at 50/60 frames, so that's its inherent refresh rate.

High refresh rates are good for games etc that might have referesh rates of 100-130 + frames per second.

If the refresh rate is too low for the content, you see 'tearing' of the image. So for TV, 60hz is fine.

Refresh is also only really relevant for crts, as LCD has memory that doesn't need to be refreshed. More important is 'response time'

 

[Marcusb]

heheh, you are victim of a controversial decision. That's why you couln't get he analog inputs to work recently.

Software cards never used to be officially supported, but they did work.

When the TV engine was upgraded and improved it became impossible for analog cards to work. A short time later, dman found a workaround to get them to function again, and better than before. For each card all that is required is for someone who owns one to follow some procedures in a stick thread on the forum and he will be able to make them compatible. As far as I know, no one has done this for the Compros yet.

I agree with you on the refresh rates too. TV stations broadcast on 60Hz at most. If you output to you CRT at 120Hz (you should use multiples of the original) you won't notice any difference.