[kwlug-disc] (Cheap) PCIEx1 dual (triple?) monitor cards, for old HDMI TV?

[Adam Glauser]

This page should give you the lowdown on driver support of hardware
acceleration for decoding. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VDPAU

Having GPU support made a world of difference in my media PC setup.

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 5:55 AM B.S. <bs27975 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> One answer ... I see from reviews at
>
> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500355&nm_mc=OTC-sho6b0tCA&cm_mmc=OTC-sho6b0tCA-_-Video+Card+-+Nvidia-_-ZOTAC-_-14500355
> someone is running two of these together to get 6 monitors. So ... yes, 3
> of 3 displays! Cool.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: B.S.
> > To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> > Cc:
> > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 5:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] (Cheap) PCIEx1 dual (triple?) monitor cards,
> for old HDMI TV?
> >
> >T hanks.
> >
> > Can't seem to figure out (buried in the babble) ... would you happen to
> know
> > ... limited to any 2 of the 3, not all 3, displays? And ... do these
> things have
> > hw acceleration on them so a H.264 or .mkv file going across it takes
> less CPU
> > load?
> >
> >> ________________________________
> >>  From: L.D. Paniak
> >> To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> >> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 2:36 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] (Cheap) PCIEx1 dual (triple?) monitor cards,
> for
> > old HDMI TV?
> >>
> >>
> >> I have successfully used this card in the past:
> >>
> >> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500355
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 at 14:03 B.S. wrote:
> >
> >>>
> >>> So, my AGP oldies on my P4 ~3.0GHz's are getting long in the tooth.
> > I don't game, but I do like my HDMI with digital audio out to my TV. As
> it
> > stands now on the AGP, vlc to the TV at 480 is fine, 720p if there aren't
> > too many small objects flying everywhere is also sufficient (before
> pixelation
> > kicks in / things slow down), but 1080i/p is right out. The ol' P4 just
> > can't keep up. For all I know the nvidia's I'm currently using have
> > some hardware decompression on board facilitating things.
> >>>>
> >>>> Looks like Rogers is going to kill analogue cable on me Dec. 1. Now
> > have OTA (thanks Khalid!), but if/when that happens I'll also have to be
> > going to the websites to stream some shows.
> >>>>
> >>>> Side Note: Acanac/Zazeen (only non-Rogers in-band inet TV with local
> > PVR provider) plans have gone weirder. Zazeen is now offering internet,
> not just
> > TV, but plans now have lower caps, or per GB cost for all 6pm-12pm
> traffic,
> > making cost higher than Acanac's. Just when you thought it's not
> > possible, comparing plans has become even more baffling.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Anywho, I notice I have one system with a PCI Express x1 slot.
> >>>>
> >>>> I also notice that kijiji has some apparently reasonable dual core
> > single monitor systems for around $200/$250. I expect Computer Recycling
> has
> > similar, but likely not dual core Intel ~3+GHz systems with
> Hyperthreading. The
> > $200 dual core price point on kijiji doesn't seem to offer HT either. My
> > point about kijiji is only to say they're not dual or triple monitor
> either,
> > so I wonder if it's possible an x1 purchase now will move into a x16 slot
> > later, when such HT kijiji offerings become cost reasonable. (vs $650 -
> $1,500
> > for a new i7 with onboard triple monitor out ability. 16GB+ memory being
> the
> > killer added cost there.)
> >>>>
> >>>> Dual monitor is fine, triple monitor is even better. Even if I clone
> > the 2nd monitor to the TV, so I can adjust the video window to nix the
> TV's
> > extreme overscan. Can't read text on the TV, so the monitor would let me
> > adjust things before switching to the comfy chair in front of the TV.
> >>>>
> >>>> Are there such dual/triple monitor x1 cards out there (with one a
> > VGA out?), preferably with onboard hardware decompression for up to
> 1080p, and
> > what sorts of beasties am I looking at or for? Been partial to nvidia as
> their
> > proprietary linux drivers seem to work well enough, but I'm seeing hints
> > that the ATI (but not AMD?) cards also now work well enough - unlike the
> past.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thoughts?
>
>
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