Problems connecting my computer to my entertainment center, can't get my video card to display correctly on my TV (more)?

Problems connecting my computer to my entertainment center, can't get my video card to display correctly on my TV (more) This is a home built computer; running WinXP sp2, 2GB ram, 160gb hdd, nVidia GeForce 7800 GS AGP video card with the standard 3 output ports (VGA, DVI, S-video); using the latest nVidia drivers (30-45 days old), and attempting to connect to my 27" sony TV (not HD, SD yes). I want to be able to use this computer without a computer monitor, just the TV; so that I can archive my extensive DVD collection to my disc drives and also stream Internet video downloads to the TV and watch them from my livingroom. My problem is that I can connect the TV to the S-video port on the video card, and the TV displays the boot-up screens, along with the lcd monitor that I am using to adjust computer/driver settings, but when WinXP finally boots, then the TV display disappears and no image is shown, just black and white static.

I have attempted to adjust the driver settings, run TV setup wizard, etc. But nothing is working. The computer appears to work fine, otherwise. Thanks Asked by jacle2270 39 months ago Similar questions: problems connecting computer entertainment center video card display correctly TV Computers > Hardware > Desktops & Laptops.

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Problems connecting my computer to my entertainment center... There are several different ways to connect you PC to you Home Entertainment Center. One, as you mentioned, is to simply use your TV as an external monitor. The other, more convenient, yet more expensive method would be to use a device called a Wireless Media Player.

Good Wireless Media Players (WMPs) are available from DLink, Linksys and Netgear. You could probably get a decent one for less than $250. The way these devices work is as follows:- The WMP would connect to your TV using either an HDMI connection or a composite video connection, depending on what you TV supports.

- The WMP will also be connected to your wireless network. If you do not have a wireless network you could connect it through a Cat5 ethernet cable. - Your PC would be connected by wireless, or wire to your home network.

- All you media could be stored on one or more external hard drives. This could also be connected to your home network using Network Attached Storage (NAS), which you could buy from any of the above mentioned companies. It would cost about $150.

- Using your PC you would connect to the NAS and stream all the connect to the WMP, which is connected to the TV. This setup would allow you to view your pictures, music and videos across your Home Entertainment Network. Most of the WMPs come with a remote control, making it so much more convenient.

You could also purchase more than one WMP, connect it to another TV, and simultaneously stream different content. A couple of other tips:- Although most companies claim the WMPs support wireless streaming of HD video, chances are it will not work well. If you plan to stream HD video across even a 802.11n(draft) network I recommend you use cables.

- If all your media is currently on CDs and DVDs you could convert to MP3 (audio) and MP4(video) formants. Shareware software for this purpose is available, however companies like Roxio and Nero sell better versions. - I would recommend you use a Windows Media Center 2005, Vista Premium or Ultimate based PC.

I also think a minimum of 512MB memory would be important use this network smoothly. Sources: http://forums.cnet.com/5208-10149_102-0.html?threadID=301619&start=75 .

The key to getting good HDTV display from a computer is in the signal timings. The key to getting good HDTV display from a computer is in the signal timings. Here's why.

The video card is used to sending it's RGBHV (Red, Green, Blue, Horiz Sync, Vert Sync) signal from the VGA connection to a computer monitor, which will follow the sync signals and display virtually any resolution and refresh rate (within it's limits). HDTV's on the other hand, expect the information coming in to be in an HDTV format (480i, 480p, 1080i, or 720p). Any other rate that it can't immediately recognize as one of these, gets sent to a reprocessor, that will take that input, digitize it, and attempt to scale it to fit the screen.

Different TV's do this with varrying degrees of success. The best solution would be to ensure the computer is always outputting an standard HDTV signal, so the picture doens't get scaled, and one pixel sent from the computer is displayed as just one picel on the screen (1:1 pixel ratio). This takes the use of 3rd party software that will allow direct manipulation of the horizontal and vertical refresh rates of the video card.

The most popular software for this is PowerStrip. Basically, this software allows you to add custom resolutions and fix resolution to specific timings. My set (A Phillips Cineos 55" LCoS) is natively 1280x720x59.97 Hz, but because of the overscan, I had to create a custom resolution of 1240x700 to get the display to be fully visible (though the timings had to be the same as the default 1280x720).

The timings I use are as follows:Horizontal geometry------------------------------------------------------Scan Rate 45.055 kHzActive 1240 pixels 16.700ìsFront Porch 104 pixels 1.401ìsSync width 40 pixels 0.539ìsBack Porch 264 pixels 3.556ìsTotal 1648 pixels 22.195ìsVertical Geometry------------------------------------------------------Refresh rate 60.073 HzActive 700 pixels 15.537msFront Porch 13 pixels 0.289msSync width 5 pixels 0.111msBack Porch 32 pixels 0.710msTotal 750 pixels 16.646msThis works for me, but, every HDTV has different tolerances, and may need to be tweaked to work with your particular display. The way to check and see if you are truely getting a 1:1 ratio is to create a small 4x4 bitmap in Paint, of a black and white checkerboard pattern, and set it as the desktop background in tile mode. If you can see the crisp checkerboard spread across the screen, than the tv isn't scaling.

If the checkorboard is blurred to a slight grey instead, then the timings are not being seen as HDTV. If this is set up correctly, you will be quite impressed with the clarity of the text, as it should be every bit as readable as on a computer monitor. DVI may not always work, as DVI is 2-way, meaning the tv can tell the video card what resolutions it supports, and usually these are just the standard computer resolutions (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768).

These will always result in scaling. Again, all tv's are different, and yours may behave differently. Sources: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/50554-4-connecting-hdtv-computer .

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