RE: (ukha_d) RE: (OT) PC display on TV

[peter.white@xxxxxxx]

Sorry for the delay (been on hols), and thanks for the info so far. 
To answer
Keith's original questions (preceded by ** below...)

TBH text display is not the big issue, just general clarity and therefore
the
justification of lots of money spent on a widescreen LCD is required! (BTW,
I
didn't spec the screen!).

Popular opinion seems to suggest a matrox card, so I'll try one of
those...

-


-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Doxey [mailto:lists.diyha@xxxxxxx] Sent: 07 September 2002
10:21
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] RE: (OT) PC display on TV


Peter,

Fine text will NEVER look good on a TV output but can look quite
reasonable.

What resolution is the PC running? **800 x 600
What size text are you trying to display? ** 12 point and up
What is the ACTUAL resolution of the LCD ? **Don't know - the manual and
tech
info doesn't say.

You mention is it a Widescreen LCD TV as opposed to an LCD Monitor so
the resolution of the display is probably lower than what you are
sending to it. The means the display will be scaling the image to fit
and that generally screws the definition completely.

Have you tried it on an conventional CRT TV? **No, but the LCD screen
is
installed and needs to be used!
It should be quite acceptable on that.

If it is, then play about with PC resolution (you may have to drop to
640x480) and font size on the information you are trying to display.

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: peter.white@xxxxxxx [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 September 2002 09:18
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] RE: (OT) PC display on TV


All

In the office I've got a 22" Panasonic LCD widescreen running off a
PC
with S-Video out for corporate videos and that kinda thing.

Only problem is that the picture quality ain't great - it's OK for
movies, but any text looks very ragged.  Unfortunately there are no
VGA
inputs on the TV, just RF, Scart and S-Video.  Are there any obvious
way
to improve this?  The (ATI AIW) AV out on the TV card has 9 pins,
so
plugged into that is the supplied converter that splits the output into
audio and S-Video.  Plugged into that is a 3mtr S-Video lead of
average
quality, but I have used a better 1mtr cable with no great improvement
in quality.  The card was only a short-term measure, so that can
be
replaced if it'll make a big difference.  Any ideas?

Pete


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