PC to HDTV

[grateful gift ermmm]

Hi all,

If I want to connect my pc to my HDTV (32 LCD) do I require any additional
hardware apart from my high-end graphics card?

I want to play some of my games on the large screen which can be connected
from my pc to the TV via DVI - how does the graphocs card handle such large
screens?

 

[Conor]

Hi all,

If I want to connect my pc to my HDTV (32 LCD) do I require any additional
hardware apart from my high-end graphics card?

I want to play some of my games on the large screen which can be connected
from my pc to the TV via DVI - how does the graphocs card handle such large
screens?

The size of the screen is completely irrelevent. There's a finite
number of pixels which even on a HDTV is WAY below the resolution a
graphics card can handle.



--
Conor

I'm so grateful to the USA for their contribution to the war on terror.
After all, if they hadn't funded the IRA for 30 years, we wouldn't know
what terror was.

 

[deimos]

The size of the screen is completely irrelevent. There's a finite
number of pixels which even on a HDTV is WAY below the resolution a
graphics card can handle.

Very true. Here's some basic pixel size translations for you:

Standard Definition NTSC TV = 525 horizontal lines, 480 resolvable.
D1 NTSC = 720x486
NTSC DVD = 720x480 (about 704x408 cropped)
HDTV 480P = 640x480 (4:3 ratio)
HDTV 720P = 1280x720 (16:9 ratio)
HDTV 1080 = 1920x1080 (16:9 ratio)

To reproduce HDTV resolutions on a standard 4:3 CRT or LCD, you need a
resolution of:

480P - 640x480
720P - 1280x960
1080 - 1920x1440

I don't know about supporting anamorphic resolutions, but the display
modes are definitely in the driver and you can add custom modes as well.

 

[Chuck]

Ant then there are "HDTV Monitors" like mine, that accept SVGA input up to
the sweep and sync rates of the unit.

 

[Z Man]

Hi all,

If I want to connect my pc to my HDTV (32 LCD) do I require any additional
hardware apart from my high-end graphics card?

I want to play some of my games on the large screen which can be connected
from my pc to the TV via DVI - how does the graphocs card handle such
large screens?

Just did that. I purchased a 32" Soyo LCD television, and needed to hook up
my Toshiba notebook computer to it. I purchased a long video cable with
standard male 15 pin connectors on both ends, and plugged it it. The picture
looks very good, and did no special configuration, did not buy any new
hardware, and did not change any settings. It was strictly plug and play,
all the way. I have thus far used this setup as a computer monitor, and also
downloaded and watched the NBC TV show "Night Stalker" from Itunes. Both
worked fine, no problems at all.