Computer to TV

[Erich Newell]

20" TV? Man...you shoulda bought the TV card and one of my 21" monitors I
just dumped before moving out to SF. :D

If all you need is composite quality, then just get an NVidia and an SVideo
to Composite adapter. They cost about $0.50 the last time I checked...and
I've never actually seen an Nvidia card that didn't have an integrated
SVideo out on it.



On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:58 PM, <chip33az at netscape.net> wrote:

> I have it connected right now with composite and I think the picture
> looks fine.  It is only a 20" TV and we sit several feet back.
>
> I'm tempted as a short term solution to get a 19 or 20" flat panel
> monitor and use it with the Myth box.  That would give me better
> resolution for a smaller price and give me VGA and DVI inputs.  After we
> get a real TV, I could use the monitor elsewhere.
>
> Can't think of how to hook up the Wii with a monitor though...
>
> Erich Newell wrote:
> > I can't imagine it being cheap...I guess you'll need a DVI or S-Video
> > to component video adapter. If your TV supports HD, then you should go
> > with DVI so you can do 720p output. Otherwise, go SVideo...the
> > converter will be much cheaper. Stay away from composite...the quality
> > would be abysmal.
> >
> > - Erich
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:32 PM, <chip33az at netscape.net
> > <mailto:chip33az at netscape.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     I wish it had HDMI or DVI.
> >
> >     It is a Sony Wega that only has composite or component.  No HDMI,
> >     no DVI
> >     and no S-Video.  Odd, I know, but those are the inputs.
> >
> >     Erich Newell wrote:
> >     > If your TV has component in, I would guess that it also has HDMI
> or
> >     > DVI? If so, that is the obvious choice. If not, then you are
> looking
> >     > at getting a converter box.
> >     >
> >     > I bought a Sony Wega a few years ago specifically because it had
> >     > DVI...nowadays you'll only find HDMI, but that can be used with
> >     a DVI
> >     > to HDMI adapter.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Matt Graham
> >     <danceswithcrows at usa.net <mailto:danceswithcrows at usa.net>
> >     > <mailto:danceswithcrows at usa.net
> >     <mailto:danceswithcrows at usa.net>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     After a long battle with technology, chip33az at netscape.net
> >     <mailto:chip33az at netscape.net>
> >     >     <mailto:chip33az at netscape.net
> >     <mailto:chip33az at netscape.net>> wrote:
> >     >     > In the next month or so, I would like to upgrade my MythTV
> >     >     client/server
> >     >     > to a new computer. The TV I has doesn't have S-Video
> >     >
> >     >     No, you cannot has a TV with S-video-in.
> >     >
> >     >     > but does have component/composite. Any suggestions for a
> video
> >     >     > card/accessory?  Getting a new TV isn't an option right now.
> >     >
> >     >     I had the same problem a while back and solved it with a $30
> >     2-way
> >     >     switch from
> >     >     Worst Buy.  The switch had 2 S-video and component inputs, 1
> >     >     S-video and
> >     >     component output.  S-video out from video card->"A" S-video
> >     in on
> >     >     switch.
> >     >     S-video out from DVD player->"B" S-video in on switch.
> >      Component
> >     >     out on
> >     >     switch->component in on VCR.  VCR 75-ohm connector out->TV
> >     input.
> >     >      (My old TV
> >     >     was built in 1991 and had no component-in.)  Flip switch to
> >     A for
> >     >     doing
> >     >     computer things on the TV, flip it to B for watching DVDs.
>  HTH,
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