Best nvidia TV Out card

[Tre]

Anyone have any opinion on a good nvidida TV out card? I want to be able to do custom resolutions. Only used on the HTPC, no monitor attached. Currently using the onboard SVIDEO, but the quality is horrible.

[nitrogen_widget]

I bought a leadtek fx5200 without a fan & the S-video out looks good to me.
I had some diagonal shadows barely visible on the screen & that went away when I switched to a thick higher quality s-video cable.
And put the metal side panel back on the PC.

I also found this on Nvidia’s website.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/custom_resolutions.html

I haven’t had a chance to try it yet though.

The card recognized the TV as a display at boot up without problems & without me doing anything to the driver’s.

To be honest, I can’t tell the difference between the PC & my DVD player on my 32” tube TV.

[capone]

I've been happy w/ the 5500, but I only have analog tv/catv. I use an above-avg s-video cable, and I also can't tell the difference between the catv/pvr.

I've had both an ATI and the nVidia. ATI was nice in handling the overscan to fit the image better. I prefer the nVidia because I like just zooming in and adjusting the picture just enough to cut off the dot crawl on the top of a few channels, and still having the most picture. It also has better color and sharpness sliders IMO.

[ddrawley]

From what I have read, an Nvidia 6xxx series would be best. The component video is typically built in and quite sharp.
The 5xxx series does not have as good of DVI out.
I was not very happy with the 5200 SVideo out when compared to the MediaMVP.

Edit: I am displaying this on a Samsung HDTV.