TV as Monitor

[Marvelii]

Im going to use my tv as a temporary replacement until i get a new monitor and was wondering wat resolution my tv supports. i have a 20 inch advent flat tube connecting it on s-video.

 

[alltaken]

ok i'm sorry to say this but all tv's have the same resolution (depending wether pal/ntsc)

my tv output is at 800x600

i think thats probably what you will have it set at (i can't change mine to anything else)

p.s. a 54" tv would be the same

 

[CompSci]

TV's make sad display...
my ATI cards with TV Out will do both 640/480 and 800/600...
and barely legible at 800 - even on an a new 32"...

Its really too bad, but I don't think HiRes TV is gonn be much better...
It a funky std - like 1080/6xx somethin...

That's sad they counldn't go with computer campatable!!!
or do it like a computer vid card with selectable resolutions!
That'd make too much sense...

 

[phsstpok]

Video cards do funky ugly things when displaying on a TV.

They ignore NTSC's interlacing and just double up on one frame <b>[Edit - I meant "field" not "frame". An interlaced frame consists of two fields, one with the even scan lines the other with the odd]</b>. This cuts the effective vertical resolution in half, from NTSC's maximum resolution of 525 lines to 262.5. Video cars usually eliminate the overscan so call it 240 scan lines. I don't know what they do to the horizontal resolution. NTSC in theory can produce 720 horizontal pixels but broadcast and cable TV are restricted to about 440 pixels to leave bandwidth for audio. Video cards probably adhere to the 440 pixel limitation. Whatever it does if you want the video to look the best set the resolution to 640 x 480.

You might be able to read text.

<b>99% is great, unless you are talking about system stability</b><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by phsstpok on 02/20/03 11:38 PM.</EM></FONT></P>