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

> <mailto:chip33az@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@usa.net <mailto:danceswithcrows@usa.net>

> > <mailto:danceswithcrows@usa.net

> <mailto:danceswithcrows@usa.net>>> wrote:
> >
> > After a long battle with technology, chip33az@netscape.net
> <mailto:chip33az@netscape.net>

> > <mailto:chip33az@netscape.net

> <mailto: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,
> >
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