Questions on how to connect computer to TV
 

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:00:29 -0700 pj wrote:
| wrote:
| On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:04:02 -0400 Tim wrote:
| | Agent_C wrote:
| |
| | On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:29:11 -0500, wrote:
| |
| |
| |really?
| |
| |so its BEST to use the vga connector on a TV for this?
| |
| |
| | As a practical matter yes, or a DVI. You don't need anything too
| | tricked out to do HD on a computer.
| |
| | For example, I have a budget Dell machine connected to a Sony 46" XBR
| | via the VGA input. I get full HD resolution (1920 x 1080) via the
| | onboard Intel graphics.
| |
| | A_C
| |
| | DVI is not the best because you don't get to see the entire booting of
| | the computer. This is not a problem unless there is a problem.
| | With DVI, at least under Windows, the image doesn't start showing on the
| | TV until the driver is started, and this doesn't seem to occur until
| | Windows has pretty much started up.
|
| Interesting. On my computer, I get to see the system booting up through DVI
| just fine, right from the BIOS. Maybe it's because I have Linux installed?
| Of course that would make no sense since it's an issue before the OS even
| gets started. Maybe a bad TV that can't do computer displays correctly?
| Not only is this plausible, it is known to exist. The only question in my
| mind is whether that is a problem due to incompetent engineers or incompetent
| managers. Unfortunately, both are in great abundance.
|
|
| Not necessarily incompetence, maybe just a
| desire to not "frost the cake" with something
| that wasn't a "mandatory" requirement.

Then it's a management problem. I still call it incompetence.


| That said, it's always nice to have a bios and
| video card combo that talks to a projector in a
| road-warrior environment. That speeds setup
| remarkably.

A correct graphics card and a correct video projector should always do that
just fine. When it does't work, let the finger pointing begin.

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On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:49:33 -0400 Arny Krueger wrote:
| "Agent_C" wrote in message
|
| On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:04:02 -0400, Tim
| wrote:
|
| DVI is not the best because you don't get to see the
| entire booting of the computer.
|
| That's not correct information. I see the entire POST
| cycle on mine.
|
| That's either because you lucked out, or because you set your PC and the
| card up *right*. ;-)

In my case, it worked just fine on a new computer that an hour earlier was
a bunch of parts spread out over the table just unpackaged from their little
boxes from different manufacturers. It was the very first "smoke test" and
the hard drives had no OS (and no "1 bits" for that matter) on them. This
has been done on 3 different video cards. The display at my building desk
is a Phillips brand 19" 1440x900 digital TV. It also brings in WTOV-DT just
fine on a loop antenna sitting next to it.

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On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:56:39 -0400 jolt wrote:

| Potentially less _troublesome_. Video performance of DVI is the same
| as HDMI but does not suport Digital Rights Management so is not
| trouble ( but no audio in DVI ) at all but I'm having bad feelings
| about getting a BluRay drive for the PC.
|
|
| HDCP is supported on a DVI connection as long as your video card and drivers
| supports it. I play HD DVD and BR via DVI from a computer all the time,
| which requires a confrimed HDCP complaint connection to do with Power DVD.

There is no real distinction between DVI and HDMI, except that the latter
includes audio. If HDCP is going to also restrict the audio, then DVI would
be a problem for it since audio in that case generally is a pair of analogs.

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On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:55:13 GMT, gecko wrote:

Assuming that I can even do such a thing, what would be the easiest
way for me to do it? What will I need?

I have in mind creating a separate computer setup near one of my
analog TVs to serve only to feed movie and TV clips and shows to that
TV. I plan to use HULU at http://www.hulu.com

I have a spare AGP video card ( VISIONTEK RADEON 9250) and a spare
scrap computer that has AGP. The card has VGA and what I think is DVI
outputs. I have read that one can buy DVI to HDMI adapters, so I
could buy a cheap HDTV and use such an adapter I guess. But I am
curious if I can go with my analog TV.

Can someone help this novice?

Having recently done exactly the same thing you want to do with a Mac
Mini and a new Viewsonic,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889107034 I
can say that your best bet and the highest quality option is with a
relatively new LCD HDTV with a VGA input. They are pretty cheap these
days if you stick with something relatively small like a 19" or 22"
set. Connect it as an external monitor for your PC and you'll be fine.
I've also connected a decade-old RCA CRT to a small form-factor PC
with an AGP video card (a Radeon All-in-Wonder 9000), using the
S-Video connection on a TiVo. This is a much more temperamental
connection and your success can vary widely depending on the drivers
which tend to have a confusing interface.
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