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From: Mike Warren on 17 Dec 2009 00:19 Zyxak wrote: >And pretty soon you won't be able to use an old TV without a digital set >top box so you can plug your HDMI cable into that. Unfortunately, this is not applicable in my situation. My customers have large numbers of older TVs installed in many venues, all using composite inputs. -- - Mike
From: Rod Speed on 17 Dec 2009 01:41 Mike Warren wrote: > Rod Speed wrote: >> Yes, but not that many who bother to drive them from a PC anymore. > One thing I forgot. I can't find any HDMI to S-video converters. That > would solve my problem, but I guess there's no market for them either. Yeah, dont recall seeing any.
From: Rod Speed on 17 Dec 2009 01:41 Zyxak wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> Mike Warren wrote >>> I notice that getting video cards with S-video or composite TV output is becoming quite difficult. Everything has >>> HDMI on it instead now. >> There are still plenty on ebay. >>> Anyone have any insight into whether this is just a temporary >>> situation, or s-video on video cards is going for good? >> Its going for good, essentially because HDMI leaves s-video for dead quality of image wise. >>> Surely there are still lots of TVs out there with no HDMI inputs. >> Yes, but not that many who bother to drive them from a PC anymore. > And pretty soon you won't be able to use an old TV without a digital set top box so you can plug your HDMI cable into > that. Plenty of STBs dont have any HDMI input.
From: annily on 17 Dec 2009 02:36 Mike Warren wrote: > I notice that getting video cards with S-video or composite TV output > is becoming quite difficult. Everything has HDMI on it instead now. > > Anyone have any insight into whether this is just a temporary situation, > or s-video on video cards is going for good? > > Surely there are still lots of TVs out there with no HDMI inputs. > I actually bought one recently. I had a Radeon X1300 PRO in my old Dell system, and wanted S-video output for my new system. I got a Radeon X1600 XT from mwave.com.au, but they had a bit of trouble finding it. It was apparently the last one their supplier had. -- Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia, which may or may not influence my opinions.
From: Mike Warren on 17 Dec 2009 03:46
annily wrote: >I actually bought one recently. I can still get them at the moment, but that may not be the case in a couple of weeks. -- - Mike |