Re: Questions on how to connect computer to TV

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:04:02 -0400 Tim <jmeth111@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
| Agent_C wrote:
|
|> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:29:11 -0500, me@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
|>
|>
|>>really?
|>>
|>>so its BEST to use the vga connector on a TV for this?
|>
|>
|> As a practical matter yes, or a DVI. You don't need anything too
|> tricked out to do HD on a computer.
|>
|> For example, I have a budget Dell machine connected to a Sony 46" XBR
|> via the VGA input. I get full HD resolution (1920 x 1080) via the
|> onboard Intel graphics.
|>
|> A_C
|
| DVI is not the best because you don't get to see the entire booting of
| the computer. This is not a problem unless there is a problem.
| With DVI, at least under Windows, the image doesn't start showing on the
| TV until the driver is started, and this doesn't seem to occur until
| Windows has pretty much started up.

Interesting. On my computer, I get to see the system booting up through DVI
just fine, right from the BIOS. Maybe it's because I have Linux installed?
Of course that would make no sense since it's an issue before the OS even
gets started. Maybe a bad TV that can't do computer displays correctly?
Not only is this plausible, it is known to exist. The only question in my
mind is whether that is a problem due to incompetent engineers or incompetent
managers. Unfortunately, both are in great abundance.

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