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Radeon 8500 and HDTV

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jjessico

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My friend is looking to setup a system for his computer to use his Samsung 27in HDTV. Right now he has a crappy TV-out going to it and is not impressed. He was looking at getting a Radeon 8500 or 9500 and a $30 DVI to HDTV adapter for it. He was just wondering if anyone knows what the max resolution is for a TV like his, so he knows if it will be worth the money to spend.

Thanks,
Jason
 
For $29 that is the cheapest component video converter. The risk is not that great, and all HDTV's should support up to 1080p. The dongle supports all the HDTV modes as far as I can tell.

One point though, the ATI site says you have to use the "VGA to HDTV" dongle with 8500/9500 cards, and the "DVI to HDTV" one with the AIW line of cards.
 
I was just quoting the price on the ATI page. Is there a better converter to get that will provide higher quality? Also what does 1080p equal in resolution, like 800x600 or something?

Jason
 
1080i is 1920x1080 I believe. (edit: 1080p does not exist, sorry)

Btw, Anand reviewed this dongle this summer and said "it produced the best TV output from a PC we have ever seen".
 
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