TV Out which one??

[Guest]

Hi all,
I have been working in IT for the last couple of years and am only new to the Home PC 'thing'!
I was wondering if You could help me?
I am trying to hook up my DVD player to my Sony 32" Widescreen tv. The PC i have is a Packard Bell PC!
Celeron 700Mhz, 64Mb RAM,20GB HDD, with Integrated Intel 815e chipset! Any advice on what TV-OUT card that would be compatible or that i could use?

Kind regards,
Alan

 

[RavenPrime]

What video card are you using? If you want to watch DVD movies on your TV your best bet is either getting an ATI video card with TV out or a dedicated DVD decoder card. Software decoders are generally of poor quality compared to hardware decoders. ATI uses hardware assisted decoding which looks just as good as long as you have a PII 400MHz or higher processor and you do. If you are using the i815 chipset for your video, I would suggest upgrading to a dedicated video card. You can get the ATI Rage Fury for under $100. Otherwise, get a dedicated DVD decoder card with TV out.

<i>So what if I don't NEED 170fps. Your point is what?</i> James