Anyone Know anything about PC to TV????????

[Guest sn328721]

I want to connect my widescreen tv from downstairs to the pc in the bedroom. I know i will need a TV out card.

I have originally tried to just test, the radeon 7500. I know its a card for laptops but i just tried it to see, and i only got black and white, could not get colour, but i also did not have the relevant software or appropiate drivers for it so iguess tat was the reason!

I was thinking of getting the Radeon 9200 128mb, because i can get one cheap. Are they any good? I know that i will have to use s-Video, but that is ok because i can use the scart socket to plug into to get straight into the tv.

Next worry is the sound! I have on board sound and dont know how to get it to the telly. I have an idea to use a cable that has the usual Headphone socket on one end and Phono connector on the other end (like the right and left channel, red and white ones), then i can ut them into the scart socket aswell or into the Dolby decoder box!

If you can point me in the right direction, or simply tell me what to search for on ebay, then i would be very grateful. Thanks alot

[Guest furby]

If you have a tv-out it will do colour, the latest ati/drivers I imagine would be needed. But on my nvidia card I get the black and white instead of colour sometimes. Selecting the source of the output (in display properties) as s-video out or composite out seems to solve the problem, that is switch between the two regardless of what your output is till is comes up in colour :P

For me, text is a bit tricky to read on TV, but I know lots of people who's output is very clear (i'm probably limited by my GF4 mx440). Having said that movies etc look really great on my TV. And for sound that cable would do a good job (jack to phono), you can then use whatever output you need. connected to my Tv or my amp I have no delay of out of snyc sound.

Not sure about the Radeon, have never had one. Hope this helped a bit

[Guest beersoft]

if the picture is nice and sharp, it might be that the pc is outputting stuff in NTSC and the tv is expecting PAL

or

your using a svideo to composite converter and the TV doesn't like it

Later

Owen

[Guest mcwarre]

I want to connect my widescreen tv from downstairs to the pc in the bedroom.  I know i will need a TV out card.

I am confused. Do you want to play something from the PC to the telly (TV Out) or from the telly to the PC (a/v in)?

If the first then beery is right; you need to set the output (software) to PAL. Also make sure that your desktop is 640x800 resolution as anything else will cause problems on the telly.

As for tv to pc, sorry can't help never found the need.

[Guest MECX]

For sound i would get one of those plugs from maplins that plug into your scart socket and have S-video/composite/audio inputs.

the ATI 9200 is a good card for the price but if your a bit of a gamer id go for something more powerfull like a 9600XT or 9800 pro.

Also its a good thing to know that S-video is better quality than composite, also for video it doesnet matter what resolution your PC is in but if you need to read text a lower resolution may be best as said above.

The new breed of 100Hz TVs are brilliant for text reading.

Ive just rigged me up a Windows Media Center Edition PC works damn well, maybe another option if this is a permenant thing.

[Guest Dr Who]

If you use an s-video output and input it into a SCART socket which is not s-vhs enabled you will see the picture in black and white.

[Guest Maverick]

My laptop has Radeon 7500 and it works fine connecting to the TV.

[Guest Stuart P]

Dr Who's comment above is spot-on. Most computer TV-out sockets will output a luminance / chrominance signal (YC, or YUV). Most tellys on the other hand expect an RGB input signal on their SCART sockets or RCA connectors. Try exploring the on-screen menus on your TV, to see if you can change the input so that it expects a YUV signal. Unfortunately, many cheaper TVs are simply not capable of displaying the required signal format. Luminance / chrominance was originally brought in to provide backwards compatibility with old black & white sets - you could still see a picture in black & white even if you didn't own a colour set!

Stu.

[Guest gravity]

Or you could save yourself the hassle, sell your car and get a Plasma screen TV, hook up the newest Sound blaster card to your PC. No problems with reading text and it's perfect for gaming.