TV Out to HDTV

[Mike Young]

I am very close to pulling the trigger on the purchase of a Plasma TV monitor,
the resolution is 1366x768 . The TV has a standard VGA in, and component in of course, but I can also get a optional DVI in.
I have DVI, svideo and of course VGA out on my Radeon 9800SE, anyone have any experience in which is the best ? I had figured that the DVI would be best, but I was thrown for a loop by the option to go straight to VGA.

thanks,

mike/

[GbrNole]

straight dvi from ati cards doesn't paint a very good picture (color wise) it crushes blacks.

your better connections would be vga or component using the dongle.

[gplasky]

VGA would be easier to configure with just your drivers properties.

Gerry

[dagar]

I thought, for the longest time, that I was better off using DVI out from my 9700 Pro to my Sammy HCN529W. However, I finally changed over to the YPrBr adatper (that I've had for a year) and am not looking back. Due to several factors, this works better for me:
1. Easier resolution setup. I don't have to fook with power strip (which, is a PITA)
2. Native support for 480i so I can go into the BIOS with the YPrBr output; something I couldn't do via DVI.
3. Don't have to use a DVI Detective (if anybody says that I didn't need to they can keep it to themselves, I do/did ... grrrr.)
4. On the #1 I can get a bunch of resolutions that work out of the box at 720p timing (which required considerable putzing to get otherwise.)

Bottom line, I'm happy now

Though VGA input would be easiest, I don't know if you'll hit any freq/res issues with that input. I know some HDPRTVs have limitations on them. You are planning on getting a plasma that's HD, right?

[Mike Young]

thanks for the response, based on what has been said, I think I will hold off on purchasing additional inputs for now, and see what the dongle to component and straight vga look like.

mike/

[flavius]

I'll get my Plasma in a couple days - care to share how it went so far?

[dvd_maniac]

I was wondering if anybody has an ATI AIW 9800 Pro with it hooked up to there HDTV (AND) vga/DVI monitor?

My problem is that I can't get a proper resolution on my monitor and HDTV at the same time.
My HDTV (57" Hitatchi) works best at 1104x636, but my monitor has SERIOUS overscan at that resolution. How can I set them up with different resolutions? What could I be doing wrong?

Please help, I am sick of s-video quality.....

[Kanati]

I thought, for the longest time, that I was better off using DVI out from my 9700 Pro to my Sammy HCN529W. However, I finally changed over to the YPrBr adatper (that I've had for a year) and am not looking back. Due to several factors, this works better for me:
1. Easier resolution setup. I don't have to fook with power strip (which, is a PITA)
2. Native support for 480i so I can go into the BIOS with the YPrBr output; something I couldn't do via DVI.
3. Don't have to use a DVI Detective (if anybody says that I didn't need to they can keep it to themselves, I do/did ... grrrr.)
4. On the #1 I can get a bunch of resolutions that work out of the box at 720p timing (which required considerable putzing to get otherwise.)

I use DVI out to DVI in on my 65 inch Mitsubishi HDTV...

1) I had to play with powerstrip with the nvidia card but haven't had to with my ATI.

2) I go straight to bios, see the boot screens, etc etc and my tv even brings up on the screen showing that it's just changed to 480i when I'm booting.

3) I don't think you have to... since I don't even know what that is.

4) Can't say there since I'm either 480i or 1080i...

My HDTV (57" Hitatchi) works best at 1104x636, but my monitor has SERIOUS overscan at that resolution. How can I set them up with different resolutions? What could I be doing wrong?

Adjust your monitor... Most any monitor I'm aware of nowadays will allow you to change and save multiple settings profiles from the OSD. If it looks good on the TV, then you can certainly adjust the monitor to match.