need layout help

[ed8150]

does the output in the middle use a coaxial cable and go directly too a tv? what is on the right? s-video out? what exactly does that mean. iam looking for a card that you can easily hook up too a tv and play dvds ect on it.

 

[john240sx]

the middle one is S-Video. the one on the right is DVI, it's for LCD's.

 

[Tipycol]

The middle output is for a S-Video cable. I think it's better than coaxial cables, and depending on the TV, you can connect it there. A good way to check would be to see when changing the TV mode from channels to Video 1 and Video 2 would be to keep changing it and see if there is a mode called S-VHS, that is S-Video and your TV should have the input for it. The other output is a DVI output. It's for newer monitors that can use a digital signal instead of the old analog signal that is on the left. There's an adaptor for that signal if you wanted to run dual monitors with analog monitors only.

 

[john240sx]

i thought DVI was for LCD monitors. see, you learn something new every day

 

[nut581]

If your GF4 card supports VIVO (Video In, Video Out), the middle one would connect to another cable that has 1 RCA video in, 1 RCA video out, 1 S-Video Vid in, 1 S-Vid vid out .. that's what I have on my GF4TI4200.

if you plan to use TV a lot, get the card w/ Conexant chip in it (goto Tvtool website FAQ and msg board, they have list of GF4 w/ conexant chip). Conexant chip said to have much better TV output quality than philips chip (my card has philips 7108, but w/ S-video out, the quality is adequate for me, but i don't watch DVD on PC tho, so u might want to consider it)

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