Nvidia 6600 HDTV Output Better than the 6800?

SupaFox asks: "I was reading through the specs of the soon to be released Nvidia GeForce 6600 and on the last line of the features and benefits page it reads: 'Integrated HDTV Encoder Provides world-class HDTV-out functionality up to and including 1920x1080i resolutions.' I don't see this listed explicitly on the features page for the potentially more expensive 6800. Does that mean using a 6600 is a better option for someone building a media center or HTPC or getting a fancy new LCD or Plasma display as a primary or secondary display option for a PC or is the 6800 just as good? Any thoughts?"

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Existing cards with DVI on DVI-capable TVs

[Gangis]

I'm interested in this as well. My Philips 34" widescreen HDTV supports DVI-D input, and I want to build a HTPC. I guess a better question for me would be, could I use any DVI-capable video card, as long as it can display the 1920x1080 interlaced resolution? I do know that most DVI capable cards are DVI-I, which can output in both DVI-A and DVI-D. Any thoughts?

Re:6800 has HDTV

[krazed]

HDTV output, not hdtv-ready.

The 6600 "Provides world-class HDTV-out functionality up to and including 1920x1080i resolutions." The 6800 does not.