Questions on how to connect computer to TV

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?

-GECKO

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?

-GECKO

You may be able to use an s-video connection, depending on the TV and
video card. That is what I did.

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?

-GECKO


Stage call for Wes! Where's Wes??

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On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:05:29 -0500, Jer wrote:

Stage call for Wes! Where's Wes??


????

-GECKO

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

Can someone help this novice?

Go over to ecost.com and get yourself a referb Westinghouse with a VGA
input. Anything you do with HDMI and a computer is potentially *very*
problematic.

A_C

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:55:13 +0000, 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?

You just need to match the card output to one of the Tv inputs. If both
have vga, you can use that. If both have S-Video, you can use that. If
both have composite, you can use that. If both have component, you can use
that. If both have DVI or HDMI, you can use that. Most video cards (except
real cheap ones) have some form of analog output. S-Video and/or composite
is the most common I think. You will also need a mini plug to RCA
connector sound cable.

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Agent_C wrote:

Go over to ecost.com and get yourself a referb Westinghouse with a VGA
input. Anything you do with HDMI and a computer is potentially *very*
problematic.

really?


so its BEST to use the vga connector on a TV for this?

Wes Newell wrote:
On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:55:13 +0000, 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?

You just need to match the card output to one of the Tv inputs. If both
have vga, you can use that. If both have S-Video, you can use that. If
both have composite, you can use that. If both have component, you can use
that. If both have DVI or HDMI, you can use that. Most video cards (except
real cheap ones) have some form of analog output. S-Video and/or composite
is the most common I think. You will also need a mini plug to RCA
connector sound cable.

Most HDTV's have a limited choice of refresh
rates for vga or S-Video connections...check the
manual.

If not specified, try 60Hz.

Radio Shack has a couple of a mini-plug to dual
RCA sockets. One is stereo -- buy that one.
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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

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:44:19 -0700 pj wrote:

| Most HDTV's have a limited choice of refresh
| rates for vga or S-Video connections...check the
| manual.

While I don't dispute what you say, I do point out that such a limitation in
an HDTV at least reflects bad engineering for the VGA port. The S-Video port
is NTSC based and as such is very timing and frequency dependent. But the
VGA port represents video that could be as diverse, if not more so, than the
analog component inputs, or a digital input (e.g. DVI or HDMI or ATSC). Since
HDTV video sources can range in frame rate (vertical frequency) from 23.976
to 60, why would the VGA input do any less? Whatever an HDTV display can do
with a p24 video, it should be able to do it on any of the inputs over which
such a signal could arrive. If it is capable of updating the LCD grid at the
actual video frame rate, then why not do so with all inputs? If it is capable
of doing frame pullup to convert a lower frame rate, then why not do so with
all inputs?

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