Pc without vga monitor

[HamRadio]

Hi there,

I'd like to assemble a "media centre" pc to view dvd's, internet tv, etc.

I guess I'd need a video card with tv-out, as I'll have just the tv screen
and no vga monitor.

My problem is the following:

will I see the bios screen and everything I normally see on a vga monitor
*before* the operating system loads the video card driver, thus enabling
the tv-out?

I'm asking this question because I have a laptop with tv-out and I see
nothing on the tv screen until linux starts the X server (and loads the
videocard driver) or until windows completely loads (so loading the video
card driver too).

Many thanks for answering.

 

[DaveW]

The BIOS loads a temporary VGA driver for a computer monitor during startup
so you can see a COMPUTER MONITOR without loading Linux. The BIOS does NOT
load a conventional TV set driver.