[vdr] Re: workaround for Rev 2.x cards

[Christian Berger <einStein@donau.de>]

apieper@gmx.net schrieb:
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [vdr] Re: workaround for Rev 2.x cards (21-Jun-2002 16:23)
> From:    Carsten.Koch@icem.de
> To:      vdr@linuxtv.org
> 
> > Christian Berger wrote:
> > ....
> > > Well the quality still might be better than composite video (yuck).
> > >
> > > I still don't understand why the missing RGB connector hasn't caused an
> > > uproar yet, I mean the RGB connector is the selling feature for that
> > > card, without it, that card is almoust useless.
> >
> > Aren't you a bit extreme here, Christian?
> > I mean, many people are happy if their TV has a composite input (rather
> > than just antenna) and you say a DVB-S card is useless without RGB?
> 
> I think that are not the typical users of vdr.

Well the typical users of VDR want to get a decent image at a low cost.
Composite gives you a horrible image at a high cost. Just imagine it,
most composite monitors cost more than 10 Euro!!!
 
> > I may be blind, but I must admit that even on my high-end beamer I
> > can hardly tell the difference between composite, Y/C (from my 1.3 DVB-S)
> > and RGB (from my graphics card). All three are very good.
> 
> I am using vdr with a toshiba 140cm rptv.
> 
> The difference between composite and s-video is
> _clearly_ visible (even for my wife and others).

Yes, but RGB is even better.
 
> It may depend on the cable-lenght and the used tv
> how big the difference is.

Well on some TV-sets a longer cable actually might improve the quality,
otherwise it can be compensated by the sharpness controll.
 
> For example: I switched my dvd-player <-> tv connection
> by mistake to composite (composite and s-video are both
> connected), it took only some seconds for me to notice
> that i wasn't using s-video.

And the new card doesn't even have s-video.
 
> ...Andreas

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