Bob said:
Depends on the inputs available on your TV.
Old TVs will have Composite or S-video inputs. Resolution ranges
from 640x480 to 1024x768 or so. Text will be very hard to read,
regardless of resolution setting.
Composite (yellow jack) accepts the video.
http://www.racketboy.com/videocables/composite-jack.jpg
A mini-DIN connector is used for S-video, and carries Luminance and
Chrominance, plus two ground signals. This gives a slightly higher
quality image on the TV, if the TV has such a connector on it.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ector(jp).jpg/503px-S-Video_Connector(jp).jpg
On a video card, the TV signals also come from a mini-DIN connector,
when appropriate adapter or cabling is used. The top connector
here, supports TV.
http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/14-130-098-S02?$S640W$
The yellow adapter, in the upper right hand corner of this picture,
is plugged into that video card connector, to give a composite
signal. When purchasing a video card, you want a card that comes
with the necessary adapters. An RF cable with RCA (Cinch) connectors
would be needed to run the signal over to the TV set, and those
are not included with the video card.
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-161-225-09.jpg
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More modern LCD TV sets have a wealth of input connectors, and more
input options. They would include VGA, HDMI, component (YPrPb),
DisplayPort and so on. There are video cards for PCs that can
support those options.
Paul
