Need suggestions for wireless keyboard/mouse & TV setup

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You will never get high quality on your TV. TV's operate at 15.75Khz, the
cheapest VGA signal is at least 30Khz. The converters drop information to
get a signal that a TV can show. TV's can provide a good quality at 40 - 60
columns of text at best. If you have a HDTV you are in better shape, many of
them can directly take a digital 1024x768 signal.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Alexander [mailto:m@netpro.to]
> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 4:25 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Need suggestions for wireless keyboard/mouse & TV setup
>
>
> I went to Fry's and picked up the Logitech Cordless Freedom
> Pro (keyboard
> and mouse, which work perfectly, with no driver dependencies). I also
> found several external devices for sending my VGA output to a TV and
> picked up one that looked relatively decent. Unfortunately, even at
> 640x480 with S-Video, the quality is horrible and text is almost
> completely unreadable. So my next question is, has anyone
> had good luck
> with video cards under Linux that have S-Video output to a
> TV? I'll go
> ahead and buy an internal card if it will drastically improve
> the quality,
> but if not then I'll have to give up on the TV idea and just
> buy an LCD
> screen to set on my coffee table instead.
> Thanks for your help.
> ~M
>
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You will never get high quality on your TV. TV's =
operate at 15.75Khz, the cheapest VGA signal is at least 30Khz. The =
converters drop information to get a signal that a TV can show. TV's =
can provide a good quality at 40 - 60 columns of text at best. If you =
have a HDTV you are in better shape, many of them can directly take a =
digital 1024x768 signal.

> -----Original Message-----
 > From: Matt Alexander [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:m@netpro.to">mailto:m@netpro.to</A>]
 > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 4:25 =
PM
 > To: =
plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
 > Subject: Re: Need suggestions for wireless =
keyboard/mouse & TV setup
 > 
 > 
 > I went to Fry's and picked up the Logitech =
Cordless Freedom 
 > Pro (keyboard
 > and mouse, which work perfectly, with no driver =
dependencies).  I also
 > found several external devices for sending my =
VGA output to a TV and
 > picked up one that looked relatively =
decent.  Unfortunately, even at
 > 640x480 with S-Video, the quality is horrible =
and text is almost
 > completely unreadable.  So my next =
question is, has anyone 
 > had good luck
 > with video cards under Linux that have S-Video =
output to a 
 > TV?  I'll go
 > ahead and buy an internal card if it will =
drastically improve 
 > the quality,
 > but if not then I'll have to give up on the TV =
idea and just 
 > buy an LCD
 > screen to set on my coffee table =
instead.
 > Thanks for your help.
 > ~M
 > 
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