Let's say you got a new Sharp Aquos HDTV...

Motoman · 8th Apr 2008, 12:44 AM

...buddy of mine just got one, and the young lad at Best Buy informed him that using the VGA connection was best to hook up to his PC. I'm thinking using the HDTV composite output option from his X1950 Pro is the best option. Any thoughts?

Mac Daddy · 8th Apr 2008, 06:12 AM

I would think the HDTV composite output would be the better choice if the monitors support it would it not ?

PsYkHoTiK · 8th Apr 2008, 07:23 AM

Component (red, green, blue RCA cables - most cards have a breakout box for them) video you mean?

Composite and S-Video cables are for SDTV.

I guess it would depend one what inputs the TV has. I think you can get DVI to HDMI dongles.

And good choice of TV (I use em myself

).

Adrian Wong · 8th Apr 2008, 06:31 PM

Direct digital-to-digital like PsY suggested (DVI-to-HDMI) would be best.

Analog outputs (VGA, component/composite, etc.) work but won't be as good as digital outputs.

Lacus · 13th Apr 2008, 03:26 PM

Yeah. Dr wong is right. So far i did tried using the S video out. Video quality seems ok but still looks a bit pixeled on certain part of the video (I tested using the HD rip of Knight Rider 2008

).

Falcone · 14th Apr 2008, 09:12 AM

Just tried DVI-to-HDMI yesterday (My TV doesn't have RGB in

), the screen looks good on 720P, but one strange thing I notice when I go 1080P is there's a strange flicker whenever I move the mouse.

I probably build a PC next to it with my spare part.

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Lacus Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 978 Reputation: 166 Rep Power: 2	Yeah. Dr wong is right. So far i did tried using the S video out. Video quality seems ok but still looks a bit pixeled on certain part of the video (I tested using the HD rip of Knight Rider 2008 ).