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Old August 7th 06, 10:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.display.general,microsoft.public.win98.display.multi_monitor,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
J. P. Gilliver
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Default Can a graphics card with output to VGA monitor only output to TV?

"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.)