geforce4 mx440 tv out

[janek]

I'm thinkg in buying an abit gf4 mx440, my question is can i watch any kind of DVD on my TV, because in the earlier nvidia chipset they used a third party tv encoder an some did not support macrovision.

JaNeK

 

[Myrmecophagavir]

I thought Macrovision was copy protection, which meant you couldn't record the DVDs onto VHS tape. But you could still output any image onto a TV no problem.

 

[Crashman]

No, Macrovision would detect whether or not the TV out chip was capable of carying a Macrovision signal. If not, you could not see the movie on the TV, the signal would be blocked.

<font color=blue>At least half of all problems are caused by an insufficient power supply!</font color=blue>

 

[Crashman]

Oh, the GeForce 4 MX series are actually GeForce 2 cards. I would look at the card if I were you to see what kind of TV decoder is on it, because it's probably not built in.

Never mind, your persistance paid off, I actually looked up an article on it:
"But as you can see, there is no TV-Out encoder chip on the card. That’s because the NV17 (GeForce4 MX) has integrated VPE on chip that allows for TV-Out up to 1024x768" Read the entire article at <A HREF="http://www.mikhailtech.com/articles/video/gainwardmx440/" target="_new">http://www.mikhailtech.com/articles/video/gainwardmx440/</A>. That should solve your problem.

<font color=blue>At least half of all problems are caused by an insufficient power supply!</font color=blue>

 

[janek]

if the tv out does not support macrovision, windvd or powerdvd would not show the image on the tv, it will grey screen. i tried with the gf2 mx400.


JaNeK