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From: Artreid on 29 Jul 2010 05:31
Thanks I'll take a look for the HDMI connections...Art

"Dominic Payer" <dcp(a)dcp.fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
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> It depends what connections your TV has and what outputs from the PC are
> available. It is just a question of connecting audio and video outputs
> from the PC to the TV. Nothing special is required. The TV is just a
> secondary monitor - the only monitor if you have a Home Theater PC (HTPC).
>
> If the TV has an HDMI input and your graphics card an HDMI output, or the
> graphics card can accept a DVI to HDMI converter, you can use that if you
> install a HDMI audio driver.
>
> Otherwise, you need separate video and audio cables.
>
>
> On 29/07/2010 08:11, Artreid wrote:
>> I hope I'm in the right NP or someone can point me to one.
>>
>> Is there a device that will allow one to send a DVD signal from a PC to
>> a TV for viewing?
>> I am runnng Win7 x64 w/ Media Center and would like to show movies on my
>> TV.

From: Jeff Gaines on 29 Jul 2010 06:30
On 29/07/2010 in message <pnf25619hnhjp25qn2qs7o54vgfcfk8dqh(a)4ax.com> barb
bowman wrote:

>rue, but you can't just put a DVD in the drive of a Windows 7 machine and
>auto
>magically send it over the network to another destination like a TV
>because DRM
>prevents this.

I've not tried that but it looks like another good reason to avoid Win7.

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
There are 3 types of people in this world. Those who can count, and those
who can't.
From: Carlos on 29 Jul 2010 06:56
Artreid,
Modern LCD TVs have plenty of video input options.
These are the options, from best to worst:
HDMI
VGA
Component (3 video signals)
Super Video (SVideo)
Video
Check your graphic card user manual or just look at the back of it and
you'll see the different available connectors.
The DVI connector can output HDMI and VGA, depending on the adapter you plug
in there. Those adapters are quite cheap and usually come inside your graphic
adapter carton box.
Carlos

"Artreid" wrote:

> Thanks I'll take a look for the HDMI connections...Art
>
> "Dominic Payer" <dcp(a)dcp.fsv.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:uT9NwivLLHA.2100(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > It depends what connections your TV has and what outputs from the PC are
> > available. It is just a question of connecting audio and video outputs
> > from the PC to the TV. Nothing special is required. The TV is just a
> > secondary monitor - the only monitor if you have a Home Theater PC (HTPC).
> >
> > If the TV has an HDMI input and your graphics card an HDMI output, or the
> > graphics card can accept a DVI to HDMI converter, you can use that if you
> > install a HDMI audio driver.
> >
> > Otherwise, you need separate video and audio cables.
> >
> >
> > On 29/07/2010 08:11, Artreid wrote:
> >> I hope I'm in the right NP or someone can point me to one.
> >>
> >> Is there a device that will allow one to send a DVD signal from a PC to
> >> a TV for viewing?
> >> I am runnng Win7 x64 w/ Media Center and would like to show movies on my
> >> TV.
>
> .
>
From: Jud Hendrix on 29 Jul 2010 11:58
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:56:19 -0700, Carlos <Carlos(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Artreid,
>Modern LCD TVs have plenty of video input options.
>These are the options, from best to worst:
>HDMI
>VGA
>Component (3 video signals)

[insert] RGB [/insert]

>Super Video (SVideo)

Sometimes wrongly called SVHS Video.

>Video

Sometimes called "composite".

>Check your graphic card user manual or just look at the back of it and
>you'll see the different available connectors.
>The DVI connector can output HDMI and VGA, depending on the adapter you plug
>in there. Those adapters are quite cheap and usually come inside your graphic
>adapter carton box.

Also, quite often videocards have breakout cables for different signals. My
ancient Nvdia 8500 has a break-out cable for component and I think also
composite and S-Video.

jud
From: Carlos on 29 Jul 2010 13:42
Jud,
The Component output (3 RCA connectors) is not quite RGB.
It is composed of:
Y (luminance, i.e. Black and White)
CB (blue minus luminance)
CR (red minus luminance)

The electronics inside the TV set rebuilds RGB from those 3 signals.

And you are right, people tend to improperly refer Super Video as Super VHS.
Supervideo carries two signals:
Y (luminance)
C (color or crominance)

Cheap adapters convert the two supervideo Y and C signals to a single video
(composite) signal by connectig a 1 nanoF capacitor from crominance to
luminance.
The single output is then taken from luminance.

Video delivered by graphic cards is not quite composite also because it
carries only video and not video+audio like the composite signal does.

Carlos

"Jud Hendrix" wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:56:19 -0700, Carlos <Carlos(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Artreid,
> >Modern LCD TVs have plenty of video input options.
> >These are the options, from best to worst:
> >HDMI
> >VGA
> >Component (3 video signals)
>
> [insert] RGB [/insert]
>
> >Super Video (SVideo)
>
> Sometimes wrongly called SVHS Video.
>
> >Video
>
> Sometimes called "composite".
>
> >Check your graphic card user manual or just look at the back of it and
> >you'll see the different available connectors.
> >The DVI connector can output HDMI and VGA, depending on the adapter you plug
> >in there. Those adapters are quite cheap and usually come inside your graphic
> >adapter carton box.
>
> Also, quite often videocards have breakout cables for different signals. My
> ancient Nvdia 8500 has a break-out cable for component and I think also
> composite and S-Video.
>
> jud
> .
>
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