Re: Showing jpg images on HDTV monitor; really fuzzy.

genius@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I went down this path trying to get a PC to display on my mitsu TV by
using the powerstrip program. http://www.entechtaiwan.net/util/ps.shtm
It allows you to set the timings, scan rates, correct for
overscan/underscan, etc. coming out of the video card. I got a VGA to
component cable and did a lot of playing and a ton of research to try
to get a decent desktop. I have a CRT projection and it was very
challenging, not sure if a plasma will be any easier.

After many nights of frusteration with powerstrip timings, I got a VGA
to Component transcoder from rat shack for ~$100 and it works great.
Still gives me a 480i signal on the TV, but the images look much better
than burning JPGs to a DVD. Not sure why there.

<rant>

Yeah, well, bitch at the TV makers. Computer monitors sync to all sorts of signals, even totally fscked up ones, with no problems.

LCD TVs, which use *exactly* the same technology, sync only to a very narrow range of signals, and then only if you hold your mouth just right while plugging in the cable. I'm guessing that the makers save about $5 on a $2,500 TV by using garbage circuitry rather than decent stuff.

No-one can tell me why my Sharp comes up all green and I have to toggle the color space from RGB to YCrCm and back to get normal colors.... Sharp says, "yes we show you how to hook up a computer to the TV, but we don't support it."

</rant>

--Yan
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