Monitor Upgrade

[OverlordMondo]

I need to upgrade my monitor. This monitor is small, and it makes Sonic feel weird. So I was thinking about upgrading to my TV. I've seen people output their video to their TV before, so how can I do it?

 

EDIT: While I'm here, where can I get a device that would allow me to use other controllers (say an authentic SNES of GENESIS controller) with my tower?

 

EDIT: More extensive Newegg searches have revealed video cards with TV output. So rather than knowing what they are, I need to know more about how to judge their quality.

Edited November 16, 2005 by OverlordMondo

[Madman]

Well, Quality will be quite ugly. But its not the graphics card that sucks, its the TV. A TV cant do these high resolutions you are used to from a Monitor. Text will also be very blurry and you may have to use a bigger font.

I have some comp hooked to my TV on a FX5200 which i use for emulation only. Its ok for N64/SNES, Genesis, Amiga and stuff, but you cannot work with it. Too blurry.

But its ok to pick your game and fire the emu, then switch to fullscreen and you are set.

Try to get a decent pad, like the logitech wingman cordless.

[OverlordMondo]

The HD cards would have pretty good resolution wouldn't they?

[Weirdy]

on a hdtv? I don't see why not

[Madman]

hmm you want to buy an HDTV ? No clue about those, i have a normal TV, cause i want lightgun support.

[Shibathedog]

Ive seen PCs outputted to HDTV, you can DEFINATLY work with that (it was a Mac Mini on a 32 inch plasma i beleive)

 

But what i would do is just buy a projector probably cheaper too, especially since youll have a HUGE screen

[Gryph]

I want a Dell 2405FPW soooo bad. Those things also have a composite input so you can connect your consoles straight to it I think. I've seen pics of the XBOX 360 running on it and it's quite orgasmic. But they are VERY expensive.

 

Upgrading to a TV is not upgrading at all, you'll be trading size for resolution and that's a big no-no. Unless you have an HDTV then it's fine. 720p is a fine resolution. But again, those are very expensive.

 

What you could try to do is go to a thrift store since they sometimes have monitors that aren't too shabby. They may be dirty but sometimes they work. I don't know, just a suggestion.

[Madman]

beamers have the downside they go broken quite often, especially the lamps inside, and they are very expensive. My hint is, check lamp repair costs first. Not you get surprised afterwards.

 

I'd love to play Resident Evil on realsize once, or maybe Silent Hill.

One day, i will get a beamer too i hope

[Wizard]

on a hdtv? I don't see why not

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Pssh. Just because TV is HDTV doesn't mean the computer could run it. Some HDTVs will get stuck in 800x600 because it's a 720DPI setting. Higher the DPI = higher the resolution possible. <3 Call for Help

 

On the plus side, 800x600 looks BAD ASS on HDTV. But the thing is, it's 800x600! TV's aren't meant to be replacements for monitors(even if their hi-def) which is why it's like that. Get a BenQ or one of em badass Dell monitors.

[Gryph]

720p is 1280 × 720 progressive, is it not?

[Shibathedog]

yeah, i think your thining of "i" and not "p"

[Wizard]

Fact is, the TV is locked to a specificed number of pixels set if a computer is hooked up to it via DVI or Analogue input due to it's processing chip.

Using this shoddy example

 

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1080 would be obviously bigger
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Won't fit in a 720dpi setting unless specified directly via manufacturing card/system

It isn't handled normally unless find some way of modifing the way your video card outputs screen resolutions to HDTVs, more specficially, you'd have to be using a DVI connector into the TV it self. Also if you do plan on doing this, I highly recommend checking the manual as it will have more information on why and why nots. It was also explained on Call for Help episode. But most 1080DPI HDTVs these days support 800x600 and higher, including 1280 × 720 (A 720DPI HDTV doesn't support it oddly). Thats important thing right there. 720 and 1080 both are excellent and both have different ways of handling single from your PC. It's a TV limation, not a pc card one.

[Gryph]

Ah.

[OverlordMondo]

First of all, projectors are expensive as hell, I already looked into that.

 

The purpose of the card was to play classic console games in a classic fasion. I can play classic games just fine on this tiny monitor, or just as fine on another larger monitor, but it just isn't the same as playing them on a TV. If I was using a real console the resolution would be fine, so there must be a way to get a high quality picture with emulators.

 

I already have a HDTV, as well as several that aren't HD. So that isn't a purchase I have to consider. And I don't think I'm actually going to be using that high a resolution, most of what I'm going to be using it for is emulation, which by default is about 800x600.

Edited November 17, 2005 by OverlordMondo

[Wizard]

Well if you have an HDTV already, and it has a DVI cable. Your practically all set! (Ah if you don't, your missing out on a much better, clearer, crisper picture) Although you'd need to make your fonts bigger because their really small :\ So upping them 120dpi or higher would make reading much easier for you if you plan on using it as your main.