Using a TV as a moniter...need some tips

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Okay basically, I share a room with my brother, and there are two computers
in a house of 5 people. One is my mom's for work, the other is the "family"
computer. (I built both of them) I decided I wanted my own, but due to lack
of space, I can't really put one in my room, so I built a tower up and hooked
it up to my TV. So far it's been a great thing, but the screen is very
blurry. I have a GeForce 6800 Ultra 256mb, with an adapter that goes out of
the video card, and into a composite RCA that I plug into my 19-inch generic
TV. Is there any way to improve the quality of the picture without
sacrificing resolution size? Is there a card made specifically for using a
computer on a TV, and if so, what is it? Thanks.
 
Chris said:
Okay basically, I share a room with my brother, and there are two
computers
in a house of 5 people. One is my mom's for work, the other is the
"family"
computer. (I built both of them) I decided I wanted my own, but due to
lack
of space, I can't really put one in my room, so I built a tower up and
hooked
it up to my TV. So far it's been a great thing, but the screen is very
blurry. I have a GeForce 6800 Ultra 256mb, with an adapter that goes
out of
the video card, and into a composite RCA that I plug into my 19-inch
generic
TV. Is there any way to improve the quality of the picture without
sacrificing resolution size? Is there a card made specifically for
using a
computer on a TV, and if so, what is it? Thanks.
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No luck I am afraid.
The resolution of even a high definition TV is just too low.
Try to change the resolution of the video card to the lowest, and if
you see any improvement go up a bit and see what happens. Don't hold
your breath though!
Good luck
 
Chris said:
Okay basically, I share a room with my brother, and there are two computers
in a house of 5 people. One is my mom's for work, the other is the "family"
computer. (I built both of them) I decided I wanted my own, but due to lack
of space, I can't really put one in my room, so I built a tower up and hooked
it up to my TV. So far it's been a great thing, but the screen is very
blurry. I have a GeForce 6800 Ultra 256mb, with an adapter that goes out of
the video card, and into a composite RCA that I plug into my 19-inch generic
TV. Is there any way to improve the quality of the picture without
sacrificing resolution size? Is there a card made specifically for using a
computer on a TV, and if so, what is it? Thanks.
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If you need to use the same display for TV and computer you need to use
a computer display and use a TV tuner (card or external via USB) on the
computer. If you select carefully some tuners have digital video
recording capability. Note that IF your video card has a composite video
input you could attach a cable box to it and use the preview window of a
video capture program to watch TV, but the software that comes with a
tuner would probably be more convenient.
 
Chris said:
Okay basically, I share a room with my brother, and there are two computers
in a house of 5 people. One is my mom's for work, the other is the "family"
computer. (I built both of them) I decided I wanted my own, but due to lack
of space, I can't really put one in my room, so I built a tower up and hooked
it up to my TV. So far it's been a great thing, but the screen is very
blurry. I have a GeForce 6800 Ultra 256mb, with an adapter that goes out of
the video card, and into a composite RCA that I plug into my 19-inch generic
TV. Is there any way to improve the quality of the picture without
sacrificing resolution size? Is there a card made specifically for using a
computer on a TV, and if so, what is it? Thanks.
Click to expand...

Television sets have very low resolution compared to computer
monitors, and generally do not work satisfactorily except for viewing
graphics. S-video, which is the standard TV interface from most video
cards is only 640 x 480 resolution and even at that text is fuzzy if
there are more than 50 characters per line of text.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
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has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
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