Re: Questions on how to connect computer to TV

"G-squared" <stratus46@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 28, 2:18 pm, "Arny Krueger" <ar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote: <snip>
> ]> > so is not trouble ( but no audio in DVI )
>  >
>  > DVI's digital interface sup****ts both sound and video
> on digital streams.
>
> Didn't know about audio in DVI

That's because I was wrong about that. You have to add sound to DVI when
you 
convert it to full-function HDMI. My bad.

>  > > 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.

> My 'problem' is the 4 1/2 year old Samsung DLP. I fear it
> knows little to nothing about HDCP so getting a BluRay
> and then a new computer and THEN a new TV too..

There is  or at least was a month ago, a HDCP-compliant HDMI receiver that

puts out RGBHV analog.

>  Well, it all works well now and I don't 'rock the boat' just for
> fun. The ATI DVD player really does an outstanding job
> with SD DVD so I may just skip it for now.

If you upgrade your HTPC to Blu ray, it will no doubt take a Blu Ray drive

and a video card plus the software which will probably come with the
drive. 
AFAIK, all of the HDCP-compliant video cards are PCI-E. So, if your HTPC
is 
AGP, its time for a new motherboard.

>  > > 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.

> Agreed. The reason I was fiddling with it was a donated
> 50" Sony LCD RPTV at work and when I connected one of my
> PC's to it (had it at work to give it its annual dust
> blow out with the compressor), the video was unusually
> poor. I could not find a setting on the ATI 9600XT to go
> native to the Sony and the Sony does not re****t back to
> the PC like the Samsung does.

I found the same problem with a 5200 series Nvidia card, and new drivers 
added a ton of new modes in the middle.  ATI may be competitive - a new 
driver might help.