Re: VGA Scan Conversion and Plasma Panels

["paul gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

'Twas I who mentioned the Matrox card..

It's the new G400 Twinhead. This generates two independent displays, with
fully independent settings for resolution & refresh rate for each
display.
One of these displays can be a TV, - but doesn't have to be - two XGA
monitors is also a perfectly valid configuration with this card - the
choice
is yours.

This is not the first card to do this - some of the newer Riva-TNT2 based
cards, (the ones with optional TV out) also have this feature. One in
particular that has been VERY highly rated on Tom's Hardware Guide is the
ASUS 3800 model, which is usually available from Scan (www.scan.co.uk)

Regards.

Paul Gordon.




>From: Keith Doxey <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: "'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: VGA Scan Conversion and Plasma Panels
>Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 23:08:32 +0100
>
>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
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>
>-----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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