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Old August 8th 06, 02:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.display.general,microsoft.public.win98.display.multi_monitor,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Herbert Chan
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Default Can a graphics card with output to VGA monitor only output to TV?

It's the High Definition widescreen LCD on this link:

http://www.consumer.philips.com/cons...ESHQNHKFSEKI5P

The cable I have right now is not long enough. I at least need to get a
longer cable first before I can test out the output.

I'm in Hong Kong.

"J. P. Gilliver" ...
"Herbert Chan" wrote in message
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Hello,

My TV will accept normal PC to monitor connection. And my monitor
resolution is right now set to 1280x1024. I want to use the TV to watch
some of the widescreen movies on the harddisk.

Will a splitter be good enough to output the PC output to the TV with
quality good enough for viewing a movie?

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You need to look at the TV specs in the maual that came with it to see
what resolutions and refresh rates it will operate at. If you're luckiest,
you've bought a monitor that happens to have a TV tuner built in; more
likely is as others have said it's just capable of 480 pixels vertically
(well, more like 500, or possibly even 600-odd if in PAL-land). [Out of
interest, is it a CRT, or an LCD or plasma?]

I presume it's a widescreen TV, since you say you want to watch widescreen
movies on it.

What resolution are these movies "on your hard disc"?

In the UK, if a set is badged "HD ready", it must be able to display at
least 720 (I think) pixels vertically; does it have any such logo? (Where
are you?) (Also, there are things like "HD compatible", which means I
think it can accept an HD signal, but display it at a lower resolution.)