PC to HDTV

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:40 pm

On a different subject, if I'm going to pay for all this picture quality and size, it justs makes sense to me that it would be cool for the t.v. to work for my P.C.. The information I have now says that only Plasma and LCD HDTVs work with PCs, and even if the others (ie directview, rear projection, etc...) have a DVI or VGA connection, that doesn't mean that connection works with a P.C. Anyone have information on what T.V.s can work as a PC monitor, the equipment needed, and which eqiupment actually gives you a good picture, ie equipment that doesn't use some lousy adapter that doesn't really give you the quality that a plamsa hdtv gives you connected to a P.C.

Thanks,
Guy

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:41 pm

I have hooked up my AccessDTV card to a Mitsubishi RPTV before. I had to get a 15 pin VGA to BNC cable and then BNC to RCA adapters but it worked on both my Mits and also a SONY 55" at the office. The component inputs must accept 1080i. On the Mits, not all component input go that high.

don-LA

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:41 pm

I'm typing this on a PC connected to a Toshiba 55" HD-RPTV. An HDTV tuner card in this PC also supplies HD signal to it.

In order to do this with many HDTV sets that only accept component input you need a RGB->Component transcoder such as the Audio Authority 9A60 to connect them to the VGA output of your computer. This or other brands are available for about $125.

- Tom

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:41 pm

ANY DTV set with digital connections can work with a PC, to the best of my knowledge. All you will need is the way to make taht connection. For most combinations of equipment that will be an RGBHV (also known as a VGA connection) to Component Video transcoder. That'll take a VGA cable and , in effect, turn it into component video. Most RCA and several Zenith sets (that I know of, and I am sure there are others) may also have an RGBHV connector on them, so all you would need is a standard VGA monitor cable. Although those sets may state that that connection is for a specific computer resolution, I have found that in reality any of the TV's modes can usually be driven from there. All you need is a little program called PowerStrip that allows you to set-up custom timings on your PC that tells your PC how to send that video signal in standard HDTV formats.

Another big plus here is that DVD players for computers are cheap and the nature of this connection means you are looking at a progressive scan DVD player and PowerStrip also turns your PC into a scaler. (I tend to watch DVDs scaled out to 1920x540p). Most HTPC afficianados seem to prefer using either one of the newer Radeon cards (7500 or 8500) or a GeForce card since these provide both good performance and they work fairly well with PowerStrip for the custom resolutions.

I highly reccomend you check out http://www.avsforum.com and look int he Home Theater PC forum for LOTS more info on integrating a PC with an HDTV.

Lenny Zimmermann
(Just some computer geek)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:42 pm

The Sampo SME-34hd5 34" direct view monitor has an RGB input which can connect directly to the video output of a PC. Supposedly, this set has a computer grade CRT for best linearity, resolution, etc. The set also has two component inputs and two S-video inputs. And the HDTV pix are great!

wmaco

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:43 pm

What about DVI?

Thanks for you help, and I have read much more on avsforum since posting the question. Ok, what about this. As we know, T.V.s are out now with DVI connections and pc video cards have DVI, but I haven't heard of any T.V. that the manual says the connection won't work and/or the connection actually doesn't work. Is there a directview or rear projection that has a DVI connection that is meant to be hooked up to a computer (ie. someone has read the manual and also seen it work well like it should)?

Thanks,
Guy

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:43 pm

Yes, I finally hooked my PC AIW Radeon to my 51" HDTV Sony
Connection was made by a DVI-D dual link cable that I got from ramelectronics. It works good,you can see every pixel clearly.

Ron

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:44 pm

"not for use with a PC."

That's why I'm asking all over if the DVI-D input is compatible with the DVI-D output of my geForce4 card. Seems like a standard should be, well, standard.

I can understand that Toshiba doesn't want the headache of trying to explain to people how to change resolutions on their PC's to work with the TV. Plus they don't want the warrenty liability if someone fries the TV from pumping in too high a frequency signal or something wacky like that.

But I still want to know if I can do it...

Johnny Random

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:45 pm

I mentioned this in the other post where you asked it, but I see no reason why you couldn't. Toshiba probably doesn't want to deal with it for the exact reasons you mentioned, and that's probably the only reason they might say it's not for use with a PC. Unless there's something completely out of whack with these DI interfaces that I just don't know about, which is entirely possible since I don't have a DVI connection on my current set to try it out for myself.

Lenny Zimmermann

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:46 pm

Hey guys, if i connect an HDTV to my pc via the ATI 9700 Pro card, and in the video settings i can set it to 1080i, would i still have to use PowerStrip?
Any help appreciated

Rod