Aqua-Soft ForumsFX 5200 64MB DDR TV (GAINWARD) (box)
ATI RADEON 9000 64MB DDR AGP with TV (oem)
both cost u$s 99.
I must grab the one with the best tvoutput possible. What do you think? ati...or nvidia?
thanks in advance for sharing your thought.
aniba!
Gotta Pick One
from my experience id choose Nvidia ive always had good results with it altough people are starting to preffer ati... bothare good cards anyway, no way youre choosing wrongly...
Cheers...
Seph
thanks Seph.
ATi.
its easy to setup tv-out from nvidia's control panel.
i havent tried ati's cards but i think it impossible to read anykind of text on a tv.
if you are going to use the tv out to play movies.. you wouldn't have to change your screen resolution on your desktop cause when you play a movie on any media player, it altomatically switches to full screen on the tv.
There is one bad thing about nVidia's tv out though...there will be thick black borders around your picture but there is a hack which fixes that.
i've got the ati card and i'm not that impressed with the tvout, although everything else on the card is great. I have a feeling outputting to a tv isn't great except on higher end cards with a really good tv. Even outputting to a digital projector with this card wasn't that great. Don't know anything about the Nvidia, but isn't that a better card than the ati one generally?
i've seen the fx 5200 do very poorly, though, and i think it's because the 5200 is basically an mx400 with extra capabilities.
for $99, i'm sure you could find better deals on better cards. take a look through www.pricewatch.com and www.resellerratings.com and maybe look for new items on ebay. i was able to snag a new ti4200 for $75.
With an nVidia card, you have limited TV out capabilities unless you get TVTool (unless that comes packaged with new cards now). It allows for stretching, overscanning, easy config and all kinds of other stuff. 10.00US for a lifetime license. I've been using it for years and it only gets better. Not sure why nVidia doesn't include such a thing.
I had an All-in-Wonder card a long time ago and the TV Out was quite nice. Had all the necessary adjustments handy and it worked well. Course, that was a long time ago. Maybe it's better now or maybe I'm not remembering right.
Like someone said above, they're both good cards. Try to find a better deal unless you want one right now, which I completely understand. I'm like that. 
I have the ATI All-in Wonder 9700 Pro.
I know it's a bit more than what you were looking at spending, but the TV out is pretty darn good.
I couldn't tell the difference from my PC screen and the TV when I plugged in.
I am however using the DVI out to an HD TV.
May have something to do with it.
I haven't tried the S-Video connection to my TV... just haven't felt the need.
I personaly prefer ATI cards, but that's what I've always used.
Never had any problems with them.
The only nVidia card I ever had was the GeForce 2 MX200 w/32MB ram.
Not bad... but that is like comparing apples to oranges with my current card.
The ATI wins hands down.
Have you consider a Matrox G450 marvel, they have the best tvoutput.
http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/marv_g4...50_etv/home.cfm
thanks for all mates | i decided to grab an ati radeon 9000 | let me tell you that the tv out put is better than the nvidia one (compared to a msi fx 5200).
Just this: ATI: No flickering. No need to even tweak controls.
Nvidia: Flickering. Tweaking controls...not even as perfect as ATI.
Thanks for heading me to the right choice on this one.
respect.
aniba!