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@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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