CHollman82
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- Aug 15, 2002
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I am trying to use my TV as my monitor. I have a 30" Phillips widescreen HDTV that has HDMI, svideo, and component video inputs. I bought a DVI to HDMI adapter cable and connected it that way first. It worked very well except for one major problem: overscan. The overscan was so bad I lost half of my task bar and start menu, and couldn't click the x button to close maximized windows..
Next, I tried connecting the svideo port on my card to one of the svideo inputs on the tv. This also works pretty well, no problems at all with overscan. The only thing is it looks a little bit "muddier", not as good quality. Also, this method does not work in 1080i, the highest res I can go (at 16x9) is 720x480.
The other option I was looking at but haven't tried yet is using an official ATI adapter to convert the DVI out to a component out and then use component cables to connect to the TV. Would this be better quality than the svideo cable? Would it have problems with overscan like the DVI cable? I'd hate to throw another $50 at this but I'd love to get it perfect...
Next, I tried connecting the svideo port on my card to one of the svideo inputs on the tv. This also works pretty well, no problems at all with overscan. The only thing is it looks a little bit "muddier", not as good quality. Also, this method does not work in 1080i, the highest res I can go (at 16x9) is 720x480.
The other option I was looking at but haven't tried yet is using an official ATI adapter to convert the DVI out to a component out and then use component cables to connect to the TV. Would this be better quality than the svideo cable? Would it have problems with overscan like the DVI cable? I'd hate to throw another $50 at this but I'd love to get it perfect...