Re: Questions on how to connect computer to TV

phil-news-nospam@xxxxxxxx wrote:
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.


Not necessarily incompetence, maybe just a desire to not "frost the cake" with something that wasn't a "mandatory" requirement.

In other than a road-warrior laptop, I'd opt for a quicker POST and IPL. I'd not spend money, code or memory on other than basics like hardware banner, security cues, BIOS access menu and error reporting.

That said, it's always nice to have a bios and video card combo that talks to a projector in a road-warrior environment. That speeds setup remarkably.

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pj
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