Re: VGA Scan Conversion and Plasma Panels

[Keith Doxey <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the breif review. Sound like a nice card.
I guessed someone must have bought one :-))

Next question.....

Has anyone tried 2 video cards under Windows 98 yet?
As someone else mentioned, Matrox has a super wizzy new card that can drive
2 displays at different rates with one of them being a TV output. I think
this is the way to go. TV output for the whole house information system
with a local monitor at XGA or higher for the serious
configuration/programming work.

Keith

Keith Doxey
http://www.btinternet.com/~krazy.keith
Krazy Keith's World of DIY Home Automation

-----Original Message-----
From:	Steve Morgan [SMTP:steve@xxxxxxx]
Sent:	23 July 1999 22:54
To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject:	[ukha_d] Re: VGA Scan Conversion and Plasma Panels

Hi,

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Doxey [mailto:keith.doxey@xxxxxxx]
<snip>
>I havent tried using a Video card with TV output yet like the ATI All
in
>Wonder but I would imagine the results would be much better than any of
the
>converter cards or boxes out there due to the fact that the image was
being
>generated for display on a TV rather than converted from a higher
>resolution.
<snip>

I use an All-in-Wonder Pro at 800x600 fed into a TIM3 UHF modulator and
I'm really quite impressed with the image quality. With a reasonably
sized font, it's perfectly readable both on the main TV in the living
room and the 14" in the master bedroom. I'd definitely recommend it.
One
word of warning, though; in order to support video output, the refresh
rate must be set for 'hardware default' which is a slow interlaced rate.
Great output on the TV - lots of flicker on the monitor. However, this
is FAR preferable to my previous experiences with one of the Velocity
cards that could output video or monitor but not both (not useful when
the nearest TV's in the next room!).

Steve


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