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

[Christian Berger <einStein@donau.de>]

Sebastian Herp schrieb:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christian Berger" <einStein@donau.de>
> To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 7:12 AM
> Subject: [vdr] Re: workaround for Rev 2.x cards
> 
> > > >
> > > > 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!!!
> > > >
> > > what is the name of the planet you are from? ;) ... oh yes, monitors
> usually
> > > cost more than 10 Euros, yours (with RGB-input) must have fallen from
> some
> > > truck or something ;-) SCNR
> >
> > I don't know where you get your monitors from, but I get them used from
> > schools. I've gotten a 1541 for free.
> >
> What do you mean with "monitor"? A PC-monitor, tv-set? how big? i doubt that
> a school (no matter how rich they might be) gives away 32" or 28" tv-sets
> for less than 10 Euros ... if yes, post the adress, i want one too ;-)

Well it's been a 14 inch one, I think. It's a Commodore one that means
it has a PAL as well as an RGB input. It would be the perfect TV for
digital recievers since it's high input bandwidth (>6Mhz) and it's good
CRT.
 
> >
> > > The typical VDR-user takes a cinch-cable connects it to a scart-adapter
> > > (because the majority of tv-sets don't even have composite) and his/her
> > > dvb-s-card. This results in a great picture ... finish!!! calling it
> > > horrible is just not right.
> >
> > You have never seen RGB, have you?
> On my pc-monitor: everyday
> on a tv-set: not yet

It's the Scart connector. It has 6 pins for RGB.

> > > Question: what is this RGB-thingy? ... i've seen many tv-sets ... none
> of
> > > them had RGB-input...
> >
> > Well over 99% of all TVs with a Scart connector have an RGB input. RGB
> > is what TV-sets have internally so it's easy for manufacturers to add
> > it. I think in france manufacturers were even forced by law to do so.
> > (somewhere in the 80s)
> >
> ok
> 
> Sebastian

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