pvr-500 birth pangs - video out recommendations?

[iamababoon]

I just received the PVR-500 and I'm finding something that I hadn't anticipated: the card lacks a video out. Before I bought, I had looked at the card and had assumed that the FM in was a coaxial out. ... So now I need a card to send video from the PC to my TV. Does anyone have any recommendations for something basic that will work with SageTV and won't cause a conflict with the PVR-500?

My apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere or is available in the FAQs. I swear I searched!

[GKusnick]

Are you sure your regular graphics card doesn't have a TV-out jack of some sort? Most cards these days have it. Even my wife's laptop's chintzy on-board Intel graphics has S-Video out.

If yours doesn't, then a simple graphics card upgrade should take care of it.

[paulbeers]

Do you have PCI-E/PCI/AGP on your motherboard? Judging by the fact you are only using a PVR500, I am assuming you will only be doing SDTV correct?

[iamababoon]

Correct, I will only be doing SDTV. My current graphics card is a very basic integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2, which is due to the nature of the computer I'll be using, a barebones box that I bought to dedicate to being a DVR.

I'm sorry if my question is too basic. I had felt confident that I would be able to jump right into SageTV because I had built a computer before ... but that was eight years ago and I'm finding that my knowledge base is outdated or nonexistent. Thanks for your help.

[blade]

If you're only going to be outputting to a SDTV the best quality playback will come from picking up a Sage Media Extender and using the computer as a server. The other option is to get a video card with S-video (or better if your TV has a better connection method available).

BTW welcome to the world of HTPCs. You'll find nothing is simple when it comes to PVRs.