On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:34:59 -0800, Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 09:21:12PM -0700, Garry Cook wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:10:40 -0800, Brad Templeton > > HDTV until I finish the basement. So, the $64,000 question is "Can I > > watch HDTV on my 27" analog TV?" > > The answer is yes and no. > > Yes: With the right video card you can display it on your old TV > using an svideo or composite cable. > > No: It will not be HDTV, it will be regular TV. It will be > letterboxed. It will look a fair bit better than the regular > TV for a variety of reasons (you're downsizing a much higher > quality signal) but it will still be the best that SDTV can > do, it won't be HDTV. > > Yes: You can watch it on your computer monitor, in fact probably > in higher def than the big screen display you plan to buy. > Just smaller.
I'm going to forget the monitor. I carried the PC back and forth twice, and the monitor once. I'm done with that now. I don't really care how it looks, I just want to test it out. When I make it work, then I've got incentive to finish the basement and build out a theatre with an HDTV. Garry
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