[vdr] Re: choosing a FF card

[Ian Molton <spyro@f2s.com>]

Per Mellander wrote:

> Well yes it does, but from my point of view I felt like you didn't care about 
> the price.
Up to a point ;-) I dont want to broadcast my picture...

> On the other hand, why bother about over/underscan when you only 
> can do composite on your TV.
because the overscan on the CLE266 / chrontel combo in the ME6000 board 
it MASSIVE...

> If you really want good picture quality it will cost extra bucks.

I appreciate that, but I would like to at least get the basic 768x576/2 
lines per field with the correct field ordering that PAL offers...

> I have one of those VGA-TV converters that was mentioned in a previous 
> posting. Composite or S-Video outputs that gives you a possibility to watch 
> VGA material on your TV. It's an ok device, but thats it. 
but does it understand field-parity ?

> Well you can go Window$ and use Powerstrip 
> http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm I haven't tested it myself but it 
> seems that a lot of people are using it with success.
What does it do? looks like it just allows tweaking of mode timings on 
some cards.

Its a moot point though as the box in question is also a router and 
webserver so theres no WAY its going to be running windows...