> -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 8:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: playing windows media on theTV > > So... I have a nice video card... one of those ATI Radeon X800XT All in > Wonder cards... it has outputs for connecting to a TV... RCA and S- > Video (I > also have an HDWonder card but we're not gonna talk about that) > > I wondered if there's any software out there that will allow me to send > my > computer screen - or a portion of it - through the RCA video outputs to > my > television.
The card you have should do it - the S-Video will give you a better picture than the RCA tho' (although it'll still be a little crappy). Essentially the TV just appears as a second (or third) monitor - you can set the resolution, color settings, etc independently and then just drag windows/apps to the TV like you could with another monitor. If it's an HDTV and the card has a secondary monitor output you should be able to use that to get a decent picture. I've used the ATI DVI-to-component adapter successfully before - good picture once you get the resolution right for the TV. As for cables you can find most anything (and at good prices) at www.monoprice.com. You can get a 25' VGA cable for under $10. Basically they've just about anything needed to connect one thing to another. Using them I once interfaced a wombat to a oscillating fan in three steps and for less than $20. As an aside both the PS3 and the Wii have web browsers - I'm not sure if either will support the MLB site (although at the moment the PS3 is the more functional choice). But if you're looking in those directions for gaming it might kill two birds with one stone. Since we've gotten the PS3 we do at least a night a week where we just sit around the big TV and scour YouTube or HomeStarRunner. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232087 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
