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| Thread ID: 87352 | 2008-02-18 04:38:00 | Ideas on how to connect PC to TV | Groovvy (7668) | Press F1 |
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| 641351 | 2008-02-18 04:38:00 | Hi All, We are planning to buy a 42" LCD TV or something similar. I have 2 PC's networked together now in one of the rooms. After buying the new TV i would like to connect one of the PC's to the TV and then network them. So one computer will be in one of the rooms and the other PC and TV will be in the living room. The reason is so that i can browse internet on TV and so on. But currently i have a very old video card in both of the PC's. Obviouly i will network the two PC's using an ethernet cable. I am running Windows XP on both PC's. Also assuming the new LCD tv would have some sort of PC to TV connections in it anyway. My questions are: 1. Do i need a really good video card to get good picture? 2. If yes, which video card do i need to buy to get a good picture (nothing too expensive)? 3. Is there any other easier/better/cheaper :) options available out there? 4. I have heard that their are some media centre devices, which have HDD and audio/video outputs and are network capable? Are they any good? Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks heaps |
Groovvy (7668) | ||
| 641352 | 2008-02-18 04:47:00 | Just as long as the card has an adapter on it, and you install the drivers for it, and you configure it properly. It'll work. It doesnt have to be flash or expensive. Hell, I used to use 64mb cards for TV out, they were fine, so was the picture. Dont know about #4. I just use a tuner to record whatever, and if its good enough, I'll edit it, and burn it to DVD. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 641353 | 2008-02-18 07:06:00 | Just make sure you get a tv with a VGA or HDMI socket (you can also adapt from DVI (computer output) to HDMI), and get a video card to match. Answers: 1. Mid range card should be sufficient ($150-250ish) 2. As above 3. Not as far as I know (as above should do what you want) 4. Unnecessarily expensive. |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 641354 | 2008-02-18 07:44:00 | Most of the LCD / Plasma TVs now have a VGA/D-Sub input on them as well as HDMI. They all seem to have dropped DVI as the HDMI does the same thing with an adaptor. You will need a 15-Pin VGA Male-Male cable to connect the PC to the TV as well as a 3.5" Stereo plug to 2 RCA(Red & White) for the sound from the PC. The TV may come with both of these or not so you will need to check first. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 641355 | 2008-02-18 08:31:00 | yup I personally think that you will need to have at least a mid range graphic card. my mate is in sort of the same situation as you, but he has a smaller TV. because he graphic card can't really handle the extra work he can only run on 800*600 instead of 2048*1536...the TV is a beauty itself but the picture....:annoyed: |
powerover (12121) | ||
| 641356 | 2008-02-18 10:32:00 | Most of the LCD / Plasma TVs now have a VGA/D-Sub input on them as well as HDMI. They all seem to have dropped DVI as the HDMI does the same thing with an adaptor. You will need a 15-Pin VGA Male-Male cable to connect the PC to the TV as well as a 3.5" Stereo plug to 2 RCA(Red & White) for the sound from the PC. The TV may come with both of these or not so you will need to check first. I had been checking out prices on some of the video cards, and some of them are about $150 for "ASUS EAH 2600PRO" with 256MB, TVout, HDTV out, Dual-DVI-I out and VGA and so on. I thought DVI is better than VGA, as DVI has no convertion loss as it is digital signal? If so, isnt that better if the LCD has DVI input? |
Groovvy (7668) | ||
| 641357 | 2008-02-18 10:39:00 | I had been checking out prices on some of the video cards, and some of them are about $150 for "ASUS EAH 2600PRO" with 256MB, TVout, HDTV out, Dual-DVI-I out and VGA and so on. I thought DVI is better than VGA, as DVI has no convertion loss as it is digital signal? If so, isnt that better if the LCD has DVI input? Yea it would be better but you have the HDMI input(s) and you can get cables or adaptors that change the DVI output from the PC to HDMI. Most TVs are now coming with at least two HDMI inputs. I wouldn't get one with only one HDMI anymore. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 641358 | 2008-02-18 10:42:00 | Watch out, as some LCD TVs (well at least the 1080p) ones doesn't accept maximum resolution under a VGA connection. | gibler (49) | ||
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