TV Out?

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

> 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

>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... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Straight from Dragon's DAK Kubelwagen: Photo-etched PRATS included 1/35 Panther Ausf. F under construction ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www1.tip.nl/~t666442 http://www.macross.org/trooper -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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> > 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

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> > > 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

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