Who is successfully connecting to their HD television

[JonB]

I may need to do this for four computers at work. Wondering what problems I'll run into. The computers are Dells with onboard video disabled. They have a relatively inexpensive NVidia PCI-e card in them with DVI, SVGA and S-Video out. I'm currently running S-Video to four LCD HD panels but would like to send them a digital signal instead.

The HDTVs don't have DVI in. They are televisions, not sold as computer monitors.

Any tips?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

If you can get the specific models, you could try to search on AVSforum to see if there are any issues.

S-video is limited to 480i (even if you set it up as a higher res to be scaled down), so you should be able to get MUCH better results with DVI / HDMI.

What are the resolutions of the panels you have?

Sending a standard HD res (like 1280x720... 720p) would be a good place to start to get things working before you try to optomize the connection if the resolution of the displays is different (like 1366x768 or whatever).

 

[JonB]

The native resolution is 1366 x 768 (they are 32", made by LG, purchased at Best Buy a few months ago)

I had read that 1280x720 was a good starting place and to definitely not try to go above it. We were forced to "go cheap" on the purchase and couldn't get anything that could 1080i or 1080p. 720p is truly good enough for what we are doing at work. (kind of an informational kiosk as people go through the security gates)

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Hopefully the displays will be good at scaling 720p to fit the panel since that's the closest signal to their native res they'd tend to get.

You may also be able to send them their native res which should provide even better results. Not all displays will play nice though.

Either way, it's going to be worlds better than the 480i they're getting now.

 

[zephyrprime]

I've done it. It's easy. There is really nothing to it.

Don't bother with 1280x720. Go straight to 1366x768.

 

[pctwo]

I use a dvi<->hdmi cable to connect a nvidia 7600 to a 1366x768 plasma. You can tell the card to trat display as a TV and output 720p or 1080i.

If your TV will accept it, you can try a custom res of 1368x768. Yes, that's 1368 not 1366 b/c nvidia won't do res not multiple of 8.

edit: also, don't go and buy a $100 monster cable either. this will work just as well for $6

http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ...023104&p_id=2405&seq=1&format=2&style=

 

[krotchy]

I will vouch for monoprice cables, they rock.

Also, DVI->HDMI cables typically work just fine with TV's. I got it to work on both my 42inch Sceptre 1080p(which I dumped) for a 1080p Vizio 47incher. All it required was hooking the DVI->HDMI cable up and manually clicking 1920x1080 in the resolution choices.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

I'm also a happy monoprice customer.

I've connected my AIW x800XL DVI to my 37" Viewsonic HDMI (DVI>HDMI) and it worked instantly. No settings adjusted, it went directly to 1366x768.

Excellent image, much better than regular VGA analog video...