PC to TV?

[Ronni3]

How can I go about streaming videos, i.e. DivX, AVI, VOB, Mpeg, MP4, from my PC to a television? Can anyone help me find something on the cheap side? I use to use my Xbox, with Xbox Media Center, but the NIC portion of my Xbox fried and now I need an alternative.

 

[w1retap]

svideo cable.

 

[NoxTek]

If your PC is located close to your TV you can just use your video card's S-Video or Composite out dongle and a splitter for audio.

Otherwise your options are:

1. Get another Xbox (probably cheapest option)
2. Get a network enabled DVD player that will play these formats. There are a few out there now...
3. Build a low end HTPC.

 

[bluto20]

Depends on what type of connections u have on both your video card and television(display).

 

[zg75]

yeah totally dependent on connections available. For example I just use a regular db-15/vga/dsub connector as my Samsung DLP set takes that, DVI, composite, s-video, etc. The dsub connection is actually labeled PC.

 

[Ronni3]

All I have available to me is coax and composite. Do I still have a way with a PC?

 

[dcds1]

they make a S-video to Composite cable. I use one on my video cards to send a signal to my composite input on my tv

 

[vanilla_guerilla]

yea theres probably a converter or dongle that came with your vid card. add a hauppauge pvr150 mce w/remote for around $70, output your set-top box to it, and you will have an inexpensive tivo-3 with unlimited (as long as you keep adding hd's) storage.