Re: Questions on how to connect computer to TV

"G-squared" <stratus46@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Apr 28, 10:29 am, m...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Agent_C <Agent-C-hates-s...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Go over to ecost.com and get yourself a referb
Westinghouse with a VGA
> >input. Anything you do with HDMI and a computer is
potentially *very*
> >problematic.
>
> really?
>
> so its BEST to use the vga connector on a TV for this?

Potentially less _troublesome_. Video performance of DVI
is the same as HDMI

Agreed. DVI's digital facility can be thought of as HDMI on a different
connector. DVI also has an analog facility, but it there more for backwards
compatibility.

but does not suport Digital Rights Management

HDCP is a technology that is widely used for digital rights management. Both
DVI-HDCP and HDMI-HDCP are supported.

so is not trouble ( but no audio in DVI )

DVI's digital interface supports both sound and video on digital streams.

at all but I'm having bad feelings about getting a BluRay
drive for the PC.

Been there, done that. The video cards that the BluRay PC software supports
implement HDCP over DVI or HDMI.

I was experimenting a little this week comparing VGA to
DVI into a Samsung DLP set. The DVI is a 1:1 pixel
relationship so the Windows desktop shows text that is
absolutely clear with no 'rounding' errors.

DVI or HDCP are the preferred means for driving a LCD, DLP, or plasma
display.

The VGA is almost as good but shows some 'fat' spots
across the screen of only vertical lines because the
computer and monitor are not at the same pixel rate.

You give yourself that problem any number of ways.

Doing a 'zoom' in the TV blurs it all so it is to be
avoided.

Feeding analog into a display that is basically digital is to be avoided
wherever possible.


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