Using T.V. as a monitor

[compu-geek]

just hooked up my computer to my t.v. (about 34 inches.) and it doesnt look too good. there is a black border around the screen, and the quality is poor.

i have a GeForce4, i tried using high and low resolution, and i was wondering how to get a clear image?

would it look better on a smaller tv? (20 inch)

 

[Rick G]

Yes it would but remember you are going from a digital high definition screen to a tv that can only handle about 460 lines of horizontal resolution. So if you used a 20" the lines would be closer together.

 

[tommy8748]

They make graphic cards that go from your computer to a t.v. but I think that they are mainly used for DVD playing from the computer to the t.v. and the card is a "Radeon 9800 pro 256 some other ones to but i don't know the names

I also previously saw a plasma t.v. specialy made for computers it was around $4,000.

 

[Praetor]

i have a GeForce4, I tried using high and low resolution, and I was wondering how to get a clear image?

Since you are using a TV dont expect "clear" because of low-res and high-d.p

 

[72montecarlo]

Most televisions unless your talking about high definition plasma screens have a native resolution of 640 by 480, soo dont expect high picture quality. If you play dvd's from the computer or even some low quality videos from a computer they seem much clearer on the television.

 

[Praetor]

Dont TVs also run native at 800x600?

 

[72montecarlo]

yeah either 640x480 or 800x600 depending on the size of the television screen, but whether its one or the other quality will still be sacraficed.

 

[Praetor]

Definitely but evenw ith HiDef TVs it's not a fair comparison to computer displays because you're looking at it 10 feet away .... now if you put them both next to each other at say 5 feet you'd see all the individual pixels on the TV .... LOL

 

[72montecarlo]

yea thats true, lol.