Re: Questions on how to connect computer to TV

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:04:02 -0400 Tim <jmeth111@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
| Agent_C wrote:
| 
|> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:29:11 -0500, me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 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.

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