computer displayed on a TV

[phreaqe]

i am looking for a way to display something on a tv from a computer that does not have an s-video out port. this is old packard bell computer. i am using this computer at work. we want it to sisplay just some basic info to a televison we have in another room.

i was recommended something called the TV View pci, but i could not find this on google, or new egg. does anybody know of any hardware that i can use for this. cheaper is better.

 

[Connoisseur]

easiest and probably cheapest solution would be to to get a pci vid card with s-video. Like a radeon 9000 or maybe a geforce2/3. An add-on card with s-video or tv-out would just cost about the same. Look on newegg or ebay. They sell plenty of the older cards for pretty cheap.

 

[imported_Nacelle]

A Radeon 7200 works great for Divx. I know it will display on both at the same time. But the monitor will be stuck at 60hz, same as the TV. I remember having a TNT2 with TV-out that wasn't bad either. But, didn't do both at the same time.

 

[Gurck]

What about to a tv that only has coaxial input?

 

[Nebor]

I believe you'll need some kind of transcoder for that.

 

[phreaqe]

yah. this tv only has the coax input. that is the biggest problem. this computer wil be used only for displaying things on the tv. i might look at radioshack to see if they have any s-video to coax converters. otherwise i will see what else i can find.

has anybody else heard of the "tv view pci" thing? i still have not found anything about it.

edited for spelling

 

[Gurck]

Hrmm.. What about to RCA? Is that similar to s-video; ie. could you find a cheap ~$5 svid -> rca cable?

 

[irwincur]

Radioshack does have a composite to coax converter box. They are about $20 or so.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Get a scan converter.

 

[imported_Nacelle]

ATI cards come with the S-Video to RCA adapter

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Get a scan converter.

that might be an easier solution to the problem

 

[imported_Nacelle]

ohh and it's propriatary. That adapter won't work on anything else.

 

[phreaqe]

i have been lookiong for scan converters, but i know absolutly nothing about them. do you have a recomendations for a particular model, or any specific features i should look for?

also anything cheap is good. the cheapest i have found so far is 85 bucks. that was for the tview micro or something like that.

 

[Mik3y]

there is also a digital analog converter cable you can get to put it on your tv. costs about $80 tho.

 

[phreaqe]

well thanks for the help everybody. i guess i will just have to get one and see how it works.