Re: Questions on how to connect computer to TV

"G-squared" <stratus46@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 28, 10:29 am, m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  > Agent_C <Agent-C-hates-s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>  > >Go over to ecost.com and get yourself a referb
> Westinghouse with a VGA
>  > >input. Anything you do with HDMI and a computer is
> potentially *very*
>  > >problematic.
>  >
>  > really?
>  >
>  > so its BEST to use the vga connector on a TV for this?
>
> Potentially less _troublesome_. Video performance of DVI
> is the same as HDMI

Agreed. DVI's digital facility can be thought of as HDMI on a different 
connector. DVI also has an analog facility, but it there more for
backwards 
compatibility.

> but does not su****t Digital Rights Management

HDCP is a technology that is widely used for digital rights management.
Both 
DVI-HDCP and HDMI-HDCP are sup****ted.

> so is not trouble ( but no audio in DVI )

DVI's digital interface sup****ts both sound and video on digital streams.

> 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
sup****ts 
implement HDCP over DVI or HDMI.

> I was experimenting a little this week comparing VGA to
> DVI into a Samsung DLP set. The DVI is a 1:1 pixel
> relation****p 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.