Question with video card

[anthony101]

is there any way to hook my computer up to where my tv is the monitor????like a video card with rca jacks or a cable that hooks to a regular video card and has rca jack on the back of it????i have special training videos to watch at work with 30 other guys and a lap top screen just won't cut it i want to take my computer to the break room and hook it up to the tv so everyone can see it any help is appriciated

[anthony101]

anything out that anyone has tried??????I called fryes and couldnot find anyone that could answer my question....any sugestions???A goggle search would do me know good cause i need to do something this week and google brings up over 300 websites and i am a slow reader

[sukh77]

ATi All in wonder.

[BirdieMod]

Radio Shack sells a external adaptor for about 99 bucks that takes the vga signal and converts it to reg tv video. It is quite popular with the Karaoke peeps using computers these days.

[JT]

ATi All in wonder.

I always thought that card was grossly overpriced. But then again, it does do what anthony is inquring about and a lot more. I think they tried to put too much onto the AllInWonder card including a price tag to match. You know the old saying "The jack of all trades is the master of none". That's how I would describe the allinwonder. Hauppauge makes TV tuners and a really nice PVR for your computer.

Dude, there are so many options out there these days to get this job done, you just have to decide what you need for your application and then shop around. One more thing though, your not going to be happy with the resolution on your TV when using your computer normally unless you have a LCD TV. The resolution on a regular tv is so bad you can barely read text.

[BirdieMod]

I recall the resolution is dropped to 640x200 max ( CGA) although most tv's cannot even reproduce that.

[dRaNo]

I'm using a Radeon 7200 with Svideo out, they sell the nVidia equivelent at wallmart for around $60.

[sukh77]

Yup the resolution is shitty on a regular TV. I havn't used my ATI for this yet, but my cousin used his Radeon like drano has and the queality was not that great. But the video should play ok, unless you are trying to see some details in the video.

[tofu]

Try tiger direct.com