BRIGSPORT

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Does anybody use a converter that allows you to use your tv as your pc screen. they are on ebay for about £30,but i have not seen them in pc world or currys.
are they any good,and where can i get one from?

Thrush

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Got a link so I can take a look at it for ya?

BRIGSPORT

iTrader: (2)

I dont know how to post links . If you type in pc to tv converter they are all there. Do you recommend anywhere else to get one from?

Thrush

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I'd need to know which one you refer to as there are many different types there.

Most are incorrectly described, as most are leads, which are NOT converters. As for the "box of tricks" converters - for that price I wouldn't expect much, if anything, from them.

A TV's interlaced signal is far different to that of a PC's RGB signal. For a start, whilst a video picture may be transmitted in RGB, the sync is only on green, whilst a PC has no green sync, instead it has a two stage sync - vertical sync and horizontal sync. Likewise, most PC's output video in progressive format, and TV (CRT) only accept interlaced (very few CRT TV's accept a progressive picture.

However, if your TV is of the plasma or LCD variety, you may well be in luck, as normall with these, the only thing that is needed is a transport lead. An LCD TV is basically a larger version of a PC monitor anyway, and many have (S)VGA inputs (the blue, analogue RGB input found on the back of 99% of PC's), so a simple (S)VGA lead from your PC to an LCD or plasma TV is all that is needed to display your desktop on your TV.

Fil

highlight the address in the address bar when your looking at the page on ebay, then right click select copy, then right click in the text box where your message goes on pf, select paste, job done

Dave Henshall

to be honest,

you would be better off pending the 30 quid on a new graphics card that has TV out, like any of the ati radeon 9200, 9250 etc,

just got a AGP 8X 9250 256mb with tv out for 30 quid from amazon for my media centre - then found even though the pic showed it as half height it was afull size card and wouldnt fit in my half height case,

so i found nvidia XFX6200 AGP with 256 mb on board that fits in nicely and has s video out - which is better than the composite out theat the ati gives with its adaptor.

BRIGSPORT

iTrader: (2)

I think i'll revert back to plan b and buy an lcd tv with pc input,sounds more straight forward. thanks for the replys chaps,even if they were far to technical for my feeble brain.

Dave Henshall

a 25-30 quid graphics card IMO is a easier option than buying a 1K+ tv just to be able to see your pc screen on your tv... it is literally unplug your ld one and plug in the new one... then connect the s video cable to your tv

foreigneRS

i would also go with dave's way of using a graphics card with tv out.

BRIGSPORT

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where can i get such a card,and are there any you recommend?

Red16

whats the quality like when connected to a tv? can you read web pages etc or is it not as crisp/clear as a pc monitor?

how does S-VIDEO compare to the blue (S)VGA connection mentioned above for picture quality ?

foreigneRS

to be honest, for a forum like this, it's crap on an old tv with 640x480 pixels. fine for viewing photo's in low res or ripped dvd'd etc.

graphics cards available from any computer shop, ebuyer, amazon, pcworld etc, etc