quality of picture on TV compared to quality on monitor

[Marcel Verduyn]

Dear all,
at home I connected my graphic card (Radeon 8500, 64 Mb) with my TV (to be
precise, yellow exit of graphic card to VCR and from there scart to TV).
The TV is a Sony Trinitron KV-32FX65E. However the quality of the picture is
rather disappointing, it is very difficult to read.
Any suggestions, are there possibilities / is it needed to change resolution
of the outgoing signal ?
Thanks for answering,
Marcel

 

[Alien Zord]

Dear all,
at home I connected my graphic card (Radeon 8500, 64 Mb) with my TV (to be
precise, yellow exit of graphic card to VCR and from there scart to TV).
The TV is a Sony Trinitron KV-32FX65E. However the quality of the picture is
rather disappointing, it is very difficult to read.
Any suggestions, are there possibilities / is it needed to change resolution
of the outgoing signal ?

European TV resolution is theoretically 768x576 pixels. Most TV's don't get
anywhere near that. PCs nowadays start at 800x600 and they 'do' display all
of that. Most run 1024x768 or higher. The TVs just cannot cope. The TV
output of PCs is really intended for displaying graphical images, mpeg
movies and presentations not standard window's text.

 

[Rich @ Ultima Thule]

picture

You might want to try using S-video rather than the RCA style connector. It
generally gives a much superior picture, especially if you get the ones with
the gold ends to the connector.

Cheers

Richard.

 

[V W Wall]

You might want to try using S-video rather than the RCA style connector. It
generally gives a much superior picture, especially if you get the ones with
the gold ends to the connector.

Cheers

Richard.

The quality of the plating on the connector has nothing to do with the TV
picture quality. It's just that a convential TV has neither the correct
raster nor the necessary bandwidth to display even the lowest PC resolution.

S-video will not change that fact, even with gold plating.

Virg Wall

 

[gorf]

Dear all,
at home I connected my graphic card (Radeon 8500, 64 Mb) with my TV (to be
precise, yellow exit of graphic card to VCR and from there scart to TV).
The TV is a Sony Trinitron KV-32FX65E. However the quality of the picture is
rather disappointing, it is very difficult to read.
Any suggestions, are there possibilities / is it needed to change resolution
of the outgoing signal ?

Your desktop will never look good on a tv... I've found that this feature is
only good for DVDs and other video files that for some reason I used to know
but now don't, look absolutely perfect. If you really want a bigger picture
for other things like games, presentations, etc., then you might consider a
projector and/or bigger monitor.

 

[Ken Bradley]

Get yourself a FlyVideo2000 (or better now) $50 MCM, and put VCR or DVD
video into it. Pinacle PCTC is good also I hear. This is cheep and dirty
HDTV with a DVD. My Sony monitor is great with it. Software DVD
decodeing is disappointing. Standard TV will never be really hi res. try
less than full screen.

 

[Lollo]

Your desktop will never look good on a tv... I've found that this
feature is

only good for DVDs and other video files that for some reason I used to know
but now don't, look absolutely perfect.

Not true. They also look better on the monitor, except for the fact that
sometimes you have to pump the B/W contrast or color contrast up when
viewing on the monitor, because the TV has a narrower range of values
for B/W and colors than the monitor, and the DVDs are calibrated for the
TV, so on the monitor they look duller with the default settings.