Re: Questions on how to connect computer to TV

"G-squared" <stratus46@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Apr 28, 2:18 pm, "Arny Krueger" <ar...@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote: <snip>
]> > so is not trouble ( but no audio in DVI )
>
> DVI's digital interface supports both sound and video
on digital streams.

Didn't know about audio in DVI

That's because I was wrong about that. You have to add sound to DVI when you
convert it to full-function HDMI. My bad.

> > 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.

My 'problem' is the 4 1/2 year old Samsung DLP. I fear it
knows little to nothing about HDCP so getting a BluRay
and then a new computer and THEN a new TV too..

There is or at least was a month ago, a HDCP-compliant HDMI receiver that
puts out RGBHV analog.

Well, it all works well now and I don't 'rock the boat' just for
fun. The ATI DVD player really does an outstanding job
with SD DVD so I may just skip it for now.

If you upgrade your HTPC to Blu ray, it will no doubt take a Blu Ray drive
and a video card plus the software which will probably come with the drive.
AFAIK, all of the HDCP-compliant video cards are PCI-E. So, if your HTPC is
AGP, its time for a new motherboard.

> > 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.

Agreed. The reason I was fiddling with it was a donated
50" Sony LCD RPTV at work and when I connected one of my
PC's to it (had it at work to give it its annual dust
blow out with the compressor), the video was unusually
poor. I could not find a setting on the ATI 9600XT to go
native to the Sony and the Sony does not report back to
the PC like the Samsung does.

I found the same problem with a 5200 series Nvidia card, and new drivers
added a ton of new modes in the middle. ATI may be competitive - a new
driver might help.




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