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More info?)
Thanks Larry,
Your experience seems to have confirmed my worries,
I had hoped that the bigger-better-faster-more cards would
make a difference but I'm gathering from this that it is the tv
that is the limiting factor.
I'll be doing some gaming, so will want as full immersion as possible
in the experience, but mostly would be using a large display
(might go to lcd projector) for movies and viewing my
work. (composite 3d/dv/artified real-life 'animations' and music videos)
Thanks a million for your input. It was valuable to me.
lojo
"Larry(LJL269)" <NO@EMAIL.COM> wrote in message
news:81m1f0ph14jsi5jsvm0755920eeas0qgi2@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 04:43:42 GMT, "lojo"
> <lojo@stlink.net> wrote:
> I have GeForce2 MX 400 64MB card , 17" mon & 27" flat
> TV with desktop extended across both.
> 1- Resolution on TV is fixed @ 800x600 (~40pix/inch).
> Text looks fine but to read it from 12' from TV I had
> to tweak every setting in Appearances tab. Same with
> IE6. All had to be so big that most pages need
> horizontal scrolling & text sometimes runs together in
> IE & nobody in 2 yrs could fix that. Also text on pics
> & in Flash(ie. RR control panel) is very small & cant
> be enlarged.
> 2-Must be 40 tabs on driver so be prepared to invest
> some time understanding it. nVidea docs were sparse &
> confusing at best in original v30 of driver. Driver
> updates r frequent (v54 now) & v30 didnt work very
> well. Both driver & docs improve greatly over time.
> 3- I gave-up on TS from nVidia- they never reply to my
> emails.
> 4- Think I paid $65, retail was $110. I use 30% of its
> capabilities which r amazing. I am not a gamer.
> 5-So far TV is useless for graphics. Getting gamma &
> colors to match monitor is a nightmare. I use pic
> editing apps (incl soft-proofing) on monitor ONLY.
> 6-I have physical disabilities that r helped by being
> able to use PC from either my desk or my sofa so
> all-in-all the benefits >>> drawbacks.
>
> HTH-Larry
>
>
> |ola group,
> |I'm putting together a new system and looking at nVidia cards. I'm on a
> |budget (-1500) and don't want to buy a monitor as I have access to a 60"
> |hitachi rear projector tv (4 years old, not hd) My question is... does
> |anyone have experience with the dvi/tv out on nVidia cards under $300?
I've
> |read here and there that resolution can be poor for text, etc. w/tv out.
Is
> |a scan converter the answer? Can anyone help me here? Suggest another ng
if
> |not? I plead my ignorance.
> |
> |Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> |
> |Thanks
> |lojo
> |(email void)
> |
>
> Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can
only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.
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