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TV Out?

Andre Min

TV Out?

by Andre Min » Sat, 11 Oct 1997 04:00:00

Been reading about vid cards with "TV Out". Someone mind explaining what
it is/does? Thanks...

Andre

All Mighty Andy

TV Out?

by All Mighty Andy » Sat, 11 Oct 1997 04:00:00


> Been reading about vid cards with "TV Out". Someone mind explaining what
> it is/does? Thanks...

> Andre

It allows you to hook you computer up to your TV. But you shouldn't do
it unless you want to pay the bucks. If you get it cheap you will only
see 4 colour, fuzzy images. It is not not worth the money.

Andy P

Ace Rimme

TV Out?

by Ace Rimme » Sat, 11 Oct 1997 04:00:00


>Been reading about vid cards with "TV Out". Someone mind explaining what
>it is/does? Thanks...

>Andre

Seems like you can hook it up to a TV...

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Jim Sokolof

TV Out?

by Jim Sokolof » Sat, 11 Oct 1997 04:00:00



> > Been reading about vid cards with "TV Out". Someone mind explaining what
> > it is/does? Thanks...

> > Andre

> It allows you to hook you computer up to your TV. But you shouldn't do
> it unless you want to pay the bucks. If you get it cheap you will only
> see 4 colour, fuzzy images. It is not not worth the money.

Actually, they've gotten to the point where you can inexpensively
display a many more than 4 color fuzzy image. :-)

Seriously, the boards work, and aren't that expensive, but they
constrain your monitor display to be whatever your local TV standard
refresh is. (60 Hz for NTSC, 50 Hz for PAL, ...) To my mind, 60 Hz is
useless for sitting there reading text for any length of time. But, for
games where detail isn't too important, a TV is the cheapest 35" (or
other) monitor you can get.

---Jim

Nick Baltuc

TV Out?

by Nick Baltuc » Sat, 11 Oct 1997 04:00:00




> > > Been reading about vid cards with "TV Out". Someone mind explaining what
> > > it is/does? Thanks...

> > > Andre

> > It allows you to hook you computer up to your TV. But you shouldn't do
> > it unless you want to pay the bucks. If you get it cheap you will only
> > see 4 colour, fuzzy images. It is not not worth the money.

> Actually, they've gotten to the point where you can inexpensively
> display a many more than 4 color fuzzy image. :-)

> Seriously, the boards work, and aren't that expensive, but they
> constrain your monitor display to be whatever your local TV standard
> refresh is. (60 Hz for NTSC, 50 Hz for PAL, ...) To my mind, 60 Hz is
> useless for sitting there reading text for any length of time. But, for
> games where detail isn't too important, a TV is the cheapest 35" (or
> other) monitor you can get.

> ---Jim

Just the thought of ICR2 and N1 on a 50 inch big screen makes me feel
all warm and fuzzy inside!

Nick Baltuch
http://www.frii.com/~nickbal

Paul

TV Out?

by Paul » Sun, 12 Oct 1997 04:00:00

My Video card ( ATI 3D XPRESSION+ PC2TV ) works great for viewing on a
31" TV.  I tried it out to see how well it works, and it was very
cool.  Unfortunately my computer is too far from my TV to do this on a
regular basis.  The graphics were clear, including the text.  I'm
working out a way to be able to hook it up so that I can play easily
and comfortably from my easy chair.  I just need an extension for my
wheel and something sturdy to mount it on.

--
Blake


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