Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 00:14:38 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: <midiostri@in.gr> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: card with tv-out Message-ID: <005101c0e8d8$300cd060$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <021d01c0e83f$c3aa5e80$0205030a@internal.ramnet.gr>
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I have no idea how the PCI card works, it could require separate drivers or it could loop back the VGA connector and just use the PCI bus for power. I worked for that company for 6 months, a number of years ago as a network admin. One of the things that I learned from talking to the developers there was that making a computer display _nicely_ on a TV set was very, very, very non-trivial. There's a far greater amount of engineering than you would think that has gone into that box to make it's output look pretty, and to make it compatible with the poor excuses that pass for VGA signals that come from many cards. Displaying a TV picture on a computer monitor is simple and easy, but going the opposite direction is hard. Consider that at 1024x768 you have to throw away 2/3 of the pixels just to match resolution - have you seen what happens to a .jpg or a .gif when you reduce it in a image program? Also consider how long it takes to reduce a image and consider that this device is doing it at the rate of 15 frames per second (or whatever the speed is) Also, the aspect ratio between a TV set and a VGA monitor is different and you have to handle that too. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of midiostri@in.gr >Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 6:04 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: RE: card with tv-out > > >Hi all, >thanks for replying Ted. > >i've checked their site and indeed, this tview gold looks like a >capable device :) > >I'm not sure though, i want an extra apparatus on my box. I've >noticed they have a PCI too. >Is it any good with freeBSD? >Any other suggestions for a tv-capable card that works fine with fBSD? > >Thanks >Dimitri > > >-----Original Message----- >From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> >Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:57 AM >To: "midiostri@in.gr" <midiostri@in.gr>, >"freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >Subject: RE: card with tv-out > >A Tview Silver or Tview Gold will do the trick - go to >http://www.tview.com This is an external unit that plugs into >your VGA port and converts the VGA output to TV input. The >signal quality is excellent particularly on the Gold, they >basically re-rasterize the entire image so you don't have to >deal with the crappy resolution of a TV set. > >Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com >Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide >Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of midiostri@in.gr >>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:13 AM >>To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>Subject: card with tv-out >> >> >>Hi, >> >>I need to connect my freeBSD box to a (pal) tv-set. >> >>Can anyone advise me as to what card with a tv-out >>works the best with our favourite operating system? >> >>Thanks >>Dimitri >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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