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Re: Cheap PC with TV out?


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: Cheap PC with TV out?
  • From: "Dave McLaughlin" <dave@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 22:05:42 +0100
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Hi Mark,

Check out the PC-TV interface (Televiewer 11672) on www.habitek.co.uk as it
is only 51 quid which makes it a great bargain. I am looking for one myself
as I picked up a video to RF interface from Homebase and want to display
the PC on the TV.

Regards
Dave...

At 18:13 08/08/01 +0100, you wrote:
>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




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