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thomas93
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Hi, need to output a PC to a 42" tv. Any idea what sort of cables and grpahics cards I should use?
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weirdwilli
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Does the TV have an HDMI port?
If so then you'll want a VGA/DVI - HDMI cable (depending on which port your PC has. |
gaming_guy
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i'm guessing that a tv like that should have a vga port, so it should be a case of running a vga cable from the pc's vga port to the vga port on the TV
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thomas93
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Im pretty good on the pots just need to know if I need a graphics card to pump that sort of picture out?
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garlic_bread
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i use a ATi Rsdeon 2400HD Pro with hdmi out put can pick them up for about £30 on ebay
i use it to hook up to a 40" 7 series samsung
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RyaN
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It comes down to whether its a 1080p TV and whether you'll be outputting 1080p movies to it. Most video cards these days will easily be able to handle the 1920x1080 resolution.
If it is 1080p you'll be outputting, it'll come down more to the power of your processor speed and RAM, rather than the video card.
If 720p sourced outputs, you should be pretty much fine with a mid-range setup (Dual Core processor/2GB RAM). I have a Radeon 2400HD pro but not tested it out on my tele yet, but that card will be more than capable of doing the job
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Most modern tv's have a VGA port. Connect the VGA out from your computer to the tv. Done.
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RyaN
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Also VGA doesnt carry sound, so that needs to be taken in to consideration ie an extra cable. HDMI obviously does both. Unless you've already mapped that out and connecting your sound card to a surround or whatever....
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masseur
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but remember that VGA ports are analogue
my Vaio laptop has a HDMI port (as well as a VGA port) and if I connect the HDMI to my large screen TV the results are most clearly much better than when I connect via VGA
if you're wanting to connect from pc to feed videos or iplayer etc then you'll really want the best and that will be via a digital connection so you'll want a HDMI or DVI port but like VGA, DVI doesn't carry sound and so you'll need to use the PC sound out port which really doesn't produce good sound unless you also have a great AMP to play it though. Playing the PC out sound through the TV sound in port rarely produces good sound in my experience
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RyaN
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Yeah but with VGA you are more likely to get the true resolution output from the PC. With a digital connection like DVI-HDMI there may be a potential for overscan and the resolution might not set right.... It does depend on the set entirely though
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thomas93
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The TV is not HD ready (weird I know) Im going to chck what ports it has later.
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non-HD 42" tv?? Is it LCD or what?
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arien617
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On 2009-04-17 13:02:32, thomas93 wrote:
The TV is not HD ready (weird I know) Im going to chck what ports it has later.
Neither is my downstairs one, but it supports up to 1080i...
Bought before the HD Ready standard, see. It might still do HD.
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RyaN
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Ah! So VGA is definitely the way...
Yeah indeed, LCDs that were out before the HD standard. Will most likely accept at least a 720p or 1080i connection... so in effect it is still HD. I think!
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thomas93
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Posted: 2009-04-16 22:17
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