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RE: Cheap PC with TV out?


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  • Subject: RE: Cheap PC with TV out?
  • From: "Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 22:19:50 +0100
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Unless the PC is set to large fonts it will be hard to read using
Composite.
S-Video is MUCH clearer but if your TV doesnt support S-Video then Large
fonts will be the order of the day.

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 08 August 2001 18:13
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Cheap PC with TV out?
>
>
> What's my best bet for this? What I want is a machine that will
display
> VGA onto a composite video stream.
>
> The reason for wanting this is so that I could have my "weekday
> Homevision wakeup" to turn on the bedroom telly, tune it to that
video
> stream (which would, of course, be shipped via KAT5 so I don't need to
> have a PC in the bedroom), and display my "Outlook Today"...
>
> I'm happy to have a PC dedicated to this, provided it can be an
"el
> cheapo", say a P-90, since the PC isn't going to have to break
into a
> sweat. After all, it can start Outlook about 5 minutes before the TV
> switches on...
>
> (This is inspired by the "wake up" scene in "6th
Day").
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Harrison
> Head of Systems, eKingfisher
>
>
>
>
>
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