Did I give good advice?

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Hey all, I built a computer for a fellow student here at UW-Madison last summer. I put a Geforce2 GTS-V in it. Today she e-mailed me wanting to get her divx on her tv since she got a 15 inch flat panel monitor on her own and it's too small for her and her roommate's taste.

Since the GTS-V only has VGA out, I figured just getting a new video card would be a good solution. I was going to need another cheap video card for myself eventually for a project, so I figured I could buy her current one from her for like $30 so and getting a new one for herself wouldn't seem like such a bad idea.

I figured staying with nvidia would be a good idea since we wouldn't have to do anything with drivers, so I suggested getting a Geforce2 mx400 with composite and s-video out Here

Edit: it has RCA out, is that what composite is? I get confused with composite and component.

She doesn't have any s-video input on her tv or vcr or anything, so I figured that would be a nice option.

So, after all is said and done, it would be like $27 for her to do that, plus the cost of buying a cable that'll reach her tv.

Do you guys think there would be any problem with what I suggested, or is there a better option for her? I feel bad telling her she has to buy something new for her computer just a few months after she bought it, but I just don't see a better option for her at the moment.

Thanks a lot.

 

[Doh!]

That card will let your friend watch movies on a TV. You're doing it for free I guess other than the cost of a video card? (no labor/service charge?) She shouldn't complain or you shouldn't feel bad. She's lucky to have a friend who know about computers. You could've gone cheaper (~$20 for a video card w/ tv-out. They usually throw in an adaptor for a s-video to RCA). Is it too late?

 

[Jeff7]

Just make sure to explain to her that the TV-output will only really be good enough for video, and nothing with text, as it will look fuzzy due to the larger pixel size of TV's.