Hello,

I am in the process of buying a 40" LCD TV that has a PC resolution of 1366x768.

I was wondering if the regular size Windows XP text is readable from 8ft distance (without playing with font size).

Many thanks

I have a 32" LCD at 6'. It should be comparable. Using component cables, text is barely visible at 1024x720 resolution. I would guess that HDMI might be slightly better. Don't even try 1080i. The problem is not so much the TV or desktop resolution but the size of the text. 1080i causes additional problems due to interlace artifacts. I am using the standard XP desktop.

Thanks,

I was actually thinking of connecting my PC with DVI or d-sub (VGI) cables to LCD screen.

I had opportunity to check out a Viewsonic 32" hooked up to a PC at Staples and I know on 32" text is small(readable from 2-3 feet at most). I am thinking going 8" larger screen while keeping the resolution the same should give me leverage for the distance.

Cheers

On my 37" Acer, the text is nice and big at around 5 ft using 720p mode. 1080 is very small and I'll have to get close to around 4 ft to even read the text.

Thanks. Do you have that 1080P Acer 37" (ie 1900x1080 res max)?

Ok....total HTPC Newb here.
I do alot of gaming and i thought i'd try and hook up my pc to my tv to see what it would look like. I hooked it up and was not too impressed and it seemed to screw up my ATI drivers or something (ATI x800XL). I hooked my pc back up to my regular LCD monitor and my ATI2DVG driver blue screens all the time now. Replaced the drivers a few times and still same thing.
Anyways....got a backup nvidia 6600GT and it is fine now.

Anyways my tv is a Lg 45nz60 RPTV with a DVI input. What is required for it to look decent? Is there any configuring that I need to do, because of resolutions? I have no clue.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

I have a 32" LCD connected by VGA at 1360x768 for general windows. It gets hard to read at more than 8-9'. Closer up, i can read text at 1360x1024 which is what I play games at.

The native resolution is 1368x768 but it will take a lot of different resolutions through VGA at least up to 1920x1080, but that doesn't look very nice as I can only get it at 30Hz.

Hi, DVI to HDMI cable is working when longer than 20ft?

Same as SPDIF cable is working when longer than 20 ft?

Hi, DVI to HDMI cable is working when longer than 20ft?

Same as SPDIF cable is working when longer than 20 ft?

or can you tell me what sound card you use to connect to home theater? and how?

Hi, DVI to HDMI cable is working when longer than 20ft?Longer than 20' as 25' or 150'?
If under 50', then yes, get one from monoprice.
Same as SPDIF cable is working when longer than 20 ft?Yes, same place. Or make your own coax from RG6.
or can you tell me what sound card you use to connect to home theater? and how?Onboard; digital connection to receiver.

Diogen.

I use s-video port on video card to connect TV. But I have to switch display between my monitor and TV. So what I can do with HTPC?

or can you tell me what sound card you use to connect to home theater? and how?

You seem to be asking the same questions... check out your other thread where others have already answered.

I use s-video port on video card to connect TV. But I have to switch display between my monitor and TV. So what I can do with HTPC?What is your TV?
What is your video card?
What is your goal?

Diogen.

Hi guys,

I currently have my htpc hooked up to my 50" Tosh DLP, using a hdmi-2-dvi cable ( dvi on computer video card, hdmi on the back of he tv )

Now, my question is this,

I'm thinking of buying 42" Samsung plasma TV that has a HDMI input
on the back of it.

Now what I'm wondering is this, -- these TVs are not true HDTVs, they
are something called EDTV.

My brother in law has one, and the picture on it is very very nice, however, he has no computer to hook to it, so I have no clue how it would look.

Does anyone here on the board have their computer ( htpc ) / media center hooked to a TV like this ?

Or a better question, has anyone hooked up their media center / hdpc
to any Samsung *plasma* tv ?

Thanks for any info guys !

I've got my HTPC hooked up to an HD (1365x768) plasma via HDMI.

There are lots of people who have them hooked up to ED plasmas as well. It should work just fine.

Hello, and thanks for the fast response :-)

How does Windows XP look on your screen ? , I use media center
a lot, but often I will quit the mce shell and do stuff on the computer from
the couch, and on my hdtv ( Toshiba dlp ) the Windows XP screen
is very clear, almost as good as a computer screen. I'm assuming you will tell me it's amazing also, but I thought I would ask.

Anyway, thank you for the info, it's much appreciated.

I don't do a lot of computer stuff on the HTPC, but it looks very good when I do.

Using an HTPC to play video - the way God intended. ;)

Note: Satisfaction level is directly proportional to the screen size.

Diogen.

I guess I didn't get the jist of your post hmm....

Perhaps you mean, a 42" will be more crisp than a 50" ... if so, yes,
I would agree.

do you have your HTPC hooked up to a plasma ?

...do you have your HTPC hooked up to a plasma ?
No.
I have it run to a projector.
My point was, using an HTPC is the best way to enjoy video playback.

Diogen.