MEDIA PC/ HDTV QUESTION

[Heller]

i want to hook up my media pc to my tv, the tv that you helped me perfect.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4872141
my media pc has on board video.

so what do i need to do? will it look ok?


now, my tv has a dvi out (female)

i tryed with a vga cable, and an dvi adapter on one end, but the dvi adapter did;t match up with the female end of the tv.


my pc has vga onbaord graphics, so i was going to run a vga cable and a dvi adapter at the end, but the all the dvi adapters i have, have these extra pins that the tv's female input do not have.

sorta like this
http://img485.imageshack.us/my.php?image=i45135us2.jpg
the 4 pins on each corner.

get it sorta?

 

[mooncancook]

Links leads to "product not found". Anyway,
1. if your PC has VGA out, then all you need is a 15-pin VGA-VGA monitor cable to connect to the VGA input from the TV;
2. if your PC has DVI out, then you need a DVI-VGA adapter, and then connect the standard VGA-VGA monitor cable to the TV.
3. Alternatively, if your PC has DVI out, you can connect to your TV using DVI-HDMI cable.
4. if your PC has VGA out, your TV has HDMI but no VGA, then it's best if to get a cheap video card with DVI out.

 

[Heller]

fixed.

 

[Heller]

figured it out, my tv is DVI-D so basically i need a cheap video card.

any cheap video cards out there that have dvi ?

how about the pc itself, does it look good on a hdtv monitor?

 

[Heller]

oh also it needs to be PCI not PCI-E, since my older machine is now my media pc

p4 2.8 , 1gb ram, 160hdd

 

[BassBomb]

What about AGP?

 

[Heller]

sorry pci only

 

[Fraggable]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102447 - $30

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143058 - $50

 

[tomt4535]

Originally posted by: Fraggable
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102447 - $30

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143058 - $50

Either one of those will do the trick. Just dont expect to play games on the machine

 

[Heller]

hmm, i just cant see spending $30 on a radeon 7000

 

[Fraggable]

Originally posted by: tomt4535

Originally posted by: Fraggable
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102447 - $30

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143058 - $50

Either one of those will do the trick. Just dont expect to play games on the machine

Don't expect to play much of anything on a PCI video card anymore. The only thing they're useful for is stuff like this where you need another monitor.

Originally posted by: Heller
hmm, i just cant see spending $30 on a radeon 7000

Would you rather spend $130 on a X1300?