As for hooking the Wii up. most of the Hauppauge cards have composite and S-video in on them. You could just hook it up to that tuner card. On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:58 PM, 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, > > 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 > > > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > > After a long battle with technology, chip33az@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, > > > > > > -- > > > 207. The following are not legal weapons in a duel: > > Steamrollers, > > > Nerve Gas, Land Mines, Midgets. > > > My blog and resume: http://crow202.dyndns.org:8080/wordpress/ > > > Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too > > dim for > > > us to see > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > "A man is defined by the questions that he asks; and the way he > goes > > > about finding the answers to those questions is the way he goes > > > through life." > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "A man is defined by the questions that he asks; and the way he goes > > about finding the answers to those questions is the way he goes > > through life." > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >