rather odd ASUS/NVIDIA findings

i have an asus nvidia geforce fx5200 v9520 card in my system. it has
svga,
s-video and dvi outputs.
i always had my monitor connected to the svga and my widescreen tv to
the
s-video. always worked good.
i recently bought a digital tft screen with various connectors
including dvi
and with it being digital, obviously i want to use it digitally so i
looked
on the net for imformation. most places i looked at say that it does
NOT
support dvi and tv out together, only svga/tv and or svga/dvi. but i
came
across one place that says it does support dvi and tv together as
dual-view.
because of this slight confusion i decided to email asus customer
support
and got this reply -

"Dear Friend :
Thank you for contacting ASUS Customer Service.
My name is Maggie and I would be assisting you today.
We are really sorry to say that your card can support dual view Except
DVI
(Analog) + TV and No Dual View Support for DVI (Analog) + DVI
(Digital).Please check that."

translated from asian english into english it reads as though it doesnt

support dvi/tv together. what a bummer but never mind.
i got a dvi cable today and plugged it in and guess what - dvi/tv
dual-view
DOES work. im a happy chappy :-)

so it goes to show that even the people that make things dont know how
they
work

"chris 159" wrote in message
oups.com...
We are really sorry to say that your card can support dual view Except
DVI (Analog) + TV and No Dual View Support for DVI (Analog) + DVI
(Digital).Please check that."

From "Maggie"'s reply, these combinations won't work:

1. DVI (analog) + TV
2. DVI (analog) + DVI (digital) - obvious, since they use the same port.

translated from asian english into english it reads as though it doesnt
support dvi/tv together. what a bummer but never mind.
i got a dvi cable today and plugged it in and guess what - dvi/tv
dual-view DOES work. im a happy chappy :-)

so it goes to show that even the people that make things dont know how
they work

Your setup constitutes DVI (digital) + TV, which is supposed to work, and it
does. :-) And the language barrier will continue to exist as long as you
purchase cards from a Taiwan-based company. Thankfully Asus'
professional-looking manuals continue to set the standard.

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