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| Thread ID: 72047 | 2006-08-27 08:51:00 | How do I use my TV as a monitor? | camo (4895) | Press F1 |
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| 480945 | 2006-08-27 08:51:00 | I've just bought a new Radeon graphics card, which has a TV out on it. I have plugged my 34" CRT television into the video card (via the supplied yellow RCA adaptor) and it is WORKING. I type this while sitting infront of the telly. But only on the lowest resolution. And only with the refresh (hertz) rate turned right down. Telly is only 50Hhz, right? I can live with that. And only with the text size turned RIGHT UP. I can't fit alot on the screen, and the text (even on the largest setting) can be quite hard to read. Does anyone know how I could OPTIMIZE my new display? |
camo (4895) | ||
| 480946 | 2006-08-27 08:59:00 | TVs are not high res like a PC monitor, TVs are typically 640x480, or 800x600 (that is the standard square box screen) I also maybe wrong is stating these resolutions, but they are around that figure... | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 480947 | 2006-08-27 09:21:00 | If it is a tranditional TV, and you want to fit the whole desktop on one screen, then the resolution of your desktop cannot be high. I used TV for video playing only (using computer as DVD player), the quality wasnt as good as expected. | developer (4447) | ||
| 480948 | 2006-08-28 01:14:00 | It's working, but only on the lowest resolution. And only with the refresh (hertz) rate turned right down. Telly is only 50Hhz, right? I can live with that. And only with the text size turned RIGHT UP. TVs are generally locked to a 15,625kHz scan rate and 50 Hz refresh. Unless designed for multiple standards and/or for use as a data display, you are blowing up the proverbial dead horse's arse. It is never going to look very good compared to a proper monitor so unless you have a special need, it is simply not worth the effort. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 480949 | 2006-08-29 10:50:00 | To get something decently readable I think you would need a high-definition TV | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 480950 | 2006-08-29 11:55:00 | Hi all I'm using a S-video out to my TV from my 9250 card. I'm wondering whether the flickering image is to do with my choice of cable. The card has a 7 pin S-video socket. The TV has a 4 pin S-video socket. I'm running a 4 pin S-video plug connected to the card, to a RCA socket on the TV (ignoring the s-video option). I bought my card second hand so didn't get an adapter, am just using a cheap S-video-rca cable from Duck Smith. My tv is flash though - supposedly HDTV ready - a panasonic TX32F500. Maybe the flickering is due to the Hertz settings - though the TV runs at 60 hertz through its AV sockets - the same hertz as the card outputs. So I figure its the cable. I guess I should just get a new card with a seven pin S-video plug to adapter to RCA cable set up... Ideas? |
Haewai (11058) | ||
| 480951 | 2006-08-30 01:30:00 | If you use the s-video input on the TV you should get better results than with just composite (the single RCA socket) A seven-pin s-video to RCA will probably be exactly the same quality as you have at the moment. I don't think I've ever heard of HDTV through composite video! |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 480952 | 2006-08-30 02:46:00 | Early home computers used a maximum of 40 characters per line when using TVs as monitors. The version of Windows for entertainment systems uses large type soi you can read it from a reasonable distance. TV screens are optimised for displaying pictures, not text. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 480953 | 2006-08-30 04:41:00 | My tv is flash though - supposedly HDTV ready - a panasonic TX32F500. Maybe the flickering is due to the Hertz settings - though the TV runs at 60 hertz through its AV sockets - the same hertz as the card outputs. So I figure its the cable. I guess I should just get a new card with a seven pin S-video plug to adapter to RCA cable set up... Ideas? If your TV is really HDTV capable then you should be using a better method to output to the tv such as HDMI or DVI. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 480954 | 2006-08-30 11:13:00 | in vista i was able to change second monitor (tv) to 16 bit insteed of 32 like main monitor that made the picture look heaps better dont know if ya can do it on xp and before someone might know | rawkus1020 (9720) | ||
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