Graphics card needed

[Duc Hunter]

Let me start off by saying, yes I have searched and read many threads.

My challenge is this, I have a JVC 61" TV with 2 HDMI inputs. I have at least 4 devices that can or need to use HDMI though. Those are my cable box for HD cable, HD-DVD player, HTPC with Snapstream and my XBox360. With only 2 HDMI inputs at the moment I was going to run the cable box and the HDDVD player to the TV in HDMI. The Xbox would go component and the HTPC is up for grabs. My current NVidia Card has HDMI and a digital computer monitor out. It is a PNY GeForce 6200-DDR2-128MD-AGP card. I cannot get it to output properly to the computer port (RS232) on my TV. The TV requires 640x480 or 1024x768 on that port. Through hooking up an old Quattro Pro card that will output to this port so the TV recognizes the signal I discovered that it will not go full screen, so it is useless to me to watch TV though that port. As a result I think I am down to S-Video. My current 6200 has a port that says S-Out on it and looks similar to an S-Video port. It has a row of 3 pins, then a row of 4 pins and then a row of 2 pins though, which is not S-Video. I have no clue what that plug is?

Eventually I will get an EV Receiver with 4-5 HDMI ports so I can run HDMI throughout, but that is not in the cards at the moment. So, which card should I look at getting that will give me the best quality output, given that I cannot use HDMI? To date I have always run NVidia cards, but and not totally beholden to them. Thanks for your help!

[Teej]

You need a pigtail that should've come with that video card. It plugs into that "s-video" like port and provides an actual s-video connector and probably component (RGB) HDTV as well.

[wglong]

I know you are looking at a receiver in the future; however, have you thought of an inexpensive HDMI switcher? Like this one? http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

[Duc Hunter]

Great idea on the HDMI switcher. Might be an option.

The little cord is long gone, if I ever had it. So that question still stands what Graphics card should I get, possibly one that has HDMI and component as well. Since HDMI carries sound, it would be great to have one that also could plug into the sound card and plumb the sound into the HDMI output as well. Component is imperative, or S-Video etc.