RE: Jon Whiten's MCE 2005 Box

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Nye [mailto:zen65631@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 12 December 2004 08:50
> To: Ukha_D
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Jon Whiten's MCE 2005 Box
>
> Phil, would that be the same as this one
> http://tinyurl.com/5bkqx  and
will it output TV via  either
> SVHS  or Composite  and  DVI at the  same time as outputing
> to the VGA screen? Steve

That's the one - I bought it from Overclockers (the 256Mb version). I think
they were a tad cheaper and was delivered within a couple of days. The
board
itself is fanless and hence quiet which is what I wanted for the HTPC.

It has an s-video plug to composite video socket adapter supplied so I
would
assume that it can output either s-video or composite but whether it will
output from all three connectors simultaneously (and in what combination of
independent/cloned screen displays) I have no idea as it was never my
intention to use it for anything other than driving my LCD TV via DVI. Also
I very much doubt that the quality of the s-video output is any better than
on any of my other graphics cards (which is pretty damn diabolical). As it
is the "Lite" version it *IS NOT* supplied with a DVI to VGA
adapter to
allow a normal PC monitor to be plugged in to the card.

Other than that it's a fine card - HTPC is quiet and stable.

Phil