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Cards with YpbPr output

northun_munky

northun_munky

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Can anyone recommend a PCIe card which will output to a TV via YpbPr. Theres a suprising lack of info on the web, all I've managed to gather is that not all cards do it and some ATI cards support it but I can't get a clear Idea as to which.

The reason I ask is I bought a 42' rear projection TV from a mate (for a quid!) and I can currently output to it using s video from a nvidia 7500 le but the quality it rubbish. The TV has a componant (Ypbpr) input but the 7500 doesn't support it. I've got a VGA to ypbpr cable but it just doesn't work.

Cheers
 
The TV is quite old and only has inputs for S Video, Scart and Componant (YpbPr), no HDMI unfortunately. It will never get used for gaming or anything, only for streaming fairly low quality video to so perhaps there are some older (cheaper) cards out there?
 
Thanks for the link queamin. I'm intreagued that your 8800 does it. My 7500 LE has a round middle socket which I'm using to connect it to the TV through S Video, but I did notice it has consdierably more holes than the S video has pins. Maybe I just need the correct cable.
 
The 7500 LE came with an Acer system I bought a good few years ago. It may have come with the cable (or adapter) but It will have long since been tidied somewhere by my better half. Its a strange card as it comes with Nvidia drivers and CCC installed as standard...

I'll see if I can find a breakout cable cheap somewhere and try it before I splash out on a new card.
 
OK, I've found a 7 pin S Video type of cable to Ypbpr which looks like it will do the job. There is also a 9 pin version of the same thing. Do you reckon there will be any difference (other than price) between them?
 
Andarial, your a legend!. Many thanks for the cable. I've got it hooked up and it is displaying a much clearer picture through the component, however its in black and white! I've fiddled around with the control panel settings, changing the TV settings from s video to component, trying different settings (480p, 480i, SDTV, EDTV, etc) to no avail. Best i can get is some green colours coming through on a 480 SDTV setting. Any ideas?
 
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