[Gllug] TV out

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 09:47, Tethys wrote:
> 
> Mike Brodbelt writes:
> 
> >I'd rather have open specs than closed drivers, any day. I've
> >traditionally been a Matrox user (have a G400 Max), but was less than
> >impressed when they came out with their closed source HAL library with
> >the debut of the G450. Prior to that, they's had a sensible attitude. I
> >believe however that features like TV out, multi-head, 3d, and DVI
> >output are only available fron the G550 with the closed lib.
> 
> Nope. I'm quite happily using multi-head and accelerated 3D on my G450
> without the HAL library. I have no use for TV-out, so I couldn't comment
> on that, but the other stuff works fine.

Oh - that's good to hear. My G400 works with all open stuff, but the
G450 used to require the HAL lib for accelerated 3D - though it's been a
while since I've looked. There was a stage at which I was considering
upgrading to a G550 and a flat panel display (and then I looked at the
price), but at that stage you couldn't get DVI output without the binary
only crap. Like you, I've no real interest in TV-out, which has always
been problematic because of the Macrovision situation, but I would like
to know if anyone's using/knows of a good DVI capable card that does not
require closed source drivers.

Mike.


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