>> I'm confused. I thought component video was RGB? s-video uses luminance >> and chrominance, component uses RGB - am I wrong? >> > > Component video is "color difference", S video is very similar to > component, as there is a Y(luminance) but there are 2 color signals > instead of one (R and B), the "difference" between R and B, makes G. > RGB contains much more video bandwidth then component video. Svideo > cannot handle HDTV, Component and RGB can. Makes sense. > I have 3 DVB-s cards in one machine, 1 is a FF, the other 2 are budget. > I run in softmode using softdevice 100% of the time. Even though I > don't receive and HDTV at all, using the output of a VGA card into a LCD > projector produces a much better picture. > > The advantage to the FF card, is that it will work in a slow computer as > the card does all the > work. and you should be able to get better startup times I guess. I've been very impressed with the vdr-xine quality with DVB - except now I'm using pvr-input on a PVR-150. This is only a temporary measure until I get all the bits to build a DVB-S system. > Displaying HDTV will need a powerful computer. I'm using a Shuttle PC with an s-video out. Since this can't be used for HDTV, maybe I need to look at getting a TV with VGA input - or find an RGB/Component card and buy a budget DVB-S. That leaves me with a PCI slot shortage. Hmm, maybe I need to rethink all this.... Thanks for your help, by the way....
