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Video card to TV question....
From previous posts I've gathered we have a few good computer/ multimedia savvy members.
I'm curious as to the best way to view a move that's saved to my hard drive. The PC is decent Dell with some movies saved to one of it's hard drives (Video_TS folders via DVD shrink)). I'd like to know my options for piping those movies to a 32" Sony XBR TV which is appox 20-25' away. Do I merely get a video card with a S-Output and run a long cable (along with RCA based audio cables) to the TV. Or wait, run fiber cables to my mid-scale Panasonic reciever/theater system. ( I think it accepts fiber) Other options? What do you do?
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08-31-2005, 10:59 AM
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How about burn them to a DVD and just play them on the video player? JoeA
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08-31-2005, 11:11 AM
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Joe, I've been doing that. But I'd like to cut that step out
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08-31-2005, 11:16 AM
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TV card or video card with S-Video out. ATI makes both, Hauppage makes a *good* TV card
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08-31-2005, 11:44 AM
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I've looked at the Haupagge. I'm curious if I'd be compromising quality for all the features offered (PVR350). Will ATI quality be better?
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08-31-2005, 12:17 PM
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the resolution on your TV is far less quality than on a monitor.
Some video cards only put out 800x600 composite/svideo, so you would have to lower the resolution on your monitor as well... or just get a VGA projector, and project it on a white wall. DVD blanks are soooo cheap right now. The last batch I got was like $24 for 100 memorex. plus there are some nice players out there that will play DivX and Xvid. So you could fit like 8-9 movies on a single DVD. Don
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08-31-2005, 12:55 PM
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Get a Mac Mini, (not a lot more than a high end video card) which has DVI and a nice big screen plasma or projection with DVI and your a happy guy.
Since it's small it'll fit into your entertainment center and you can also play all your mp3's from it. It's got built in wifi and with a VNC client you can run it headless, (sans monitor and keyboard) from any other computer, even a Windows box.
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