Video Card with video output question?

efx2003 · 03-08-2005, 05:24 PM

If I buy a video card with a video output and my tv has a video input can I use my tv as a monitor. Could there be a problem with the picture. Please help if you can. If it will work what type of video card that not to much would be good. My motherboard can handle a 8x APG.

Thank You

max12590 · 04-08-2005, 12:44 AM

Well, yea, you can use a TV as a monitor but the picture on an all but the best TVs is very very poor. It is up to you. I recommend you use a monitor and then a TV extra if you want to watch movies or something. On to your second question. Any card with an S-Video out will work. If you are lucky (unlike me) and your TV has an S-Video input then all you need is an S-Video cable, which will more than likely be included with your card. If all you have are the RCA component connectors (the old yellow=video, red=right, white=left), then you will need an adapter. This may or may not beincluded with your card.

Anti-Trend · 04-08-2005, 12:54 AM

If you had a high-definition TV, you could use it for a monitor quite comfortably. If it's a CRT monitor, it would be horrible because the pixels are too blurry, the framerate is too low, and maximum resolution is pitiful. You could play movies and some games just fine though. Back when I had time for games, I used to hook up my PC to a big-screen and play legacy SNES, N64 and PSX games on a big-screen ...that was pretty cool.

efx2003 · 04-08-2005, 03:11 AM

The dvd movies are stored on my hard drive. If i play the movies from my hard drive. Will the picture be just as good as if I was playing it on a dvd player. Please reply.

Thank You

ninja fetus · 04-08-2005, 03:26 AM

quality will be no different from your hard drive to your dvd player, unless you get quality loss from conversion

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efx2003 Big Geek Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 293 Status: Offline	Video Card with video output question? If I buy a video card with a video output and my tv has a video input can I use my tv as a monitor. Could there be a problem with the picture. Please help if you can. If it will work what type of video card that not to much would be good. My motherboard can handle a 8x APG. Thank You

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max12590 Masterful Geek Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 17 Male Posts: 1,016 Times Helpful: 76 Status: Offline My Computer	Well, yea, you can use a TV as a monitor but the picture on an all but the best TVs is very very poor. It is up to you. I recommend you use a monitor and then a TV extra if you want to watch movies or something. On to your second question. Any card with an S-Video out will work. If you are lucky (unlike me) and your TV has an S-Video input then all you need is an S-Video cable, which will more than likely be included with your card. If all you have are the RCA component connectors (the old yellow=video, red=right, white=left), then you will need an adapter. This may or may not beincluded with your card. __________________ In the words of a certain Battlefield 2 commander, "They're spawnin' like crazy at the Gas Station and then tryin' to Forrest Gump it down the Interstate."

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Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek Join Date: Oct 2003 Age: 27 Male Posts: 4,805 Times Helpful: 522 Status: Offline My Computer	If you had a high-definition TV, you could use it for a monitor quite comfortably. If it's a CRT monitor, it would be horrible because the pixels are too blurry, the framerate is too low, and maximum resolution is pitiful. You could play movies and some games just fine though. Back when I had time for games, I used to hook up my PC to a big-screen and play legacy SNES, N64 and PSX games on a big-screen ...that was pretty cool. __________________ See My Desktop \| Try Linux \| Install Linux \| Visit My Server \| Support Hardware Forums \| Easily rip DVDs in Linux

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efx2003 Big Geek Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 293 Status: Offline	The dvd movies are stored on my hard drive. If i play the movies from my hard drive. Will the picture be just as good as if I was playing it on a dvd player. Please reply. Thank You

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ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	quality will be no different from your hard drive to your dvd player, unless you get quality loss from conversion

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