Will it boot?!

[acidrainy]

OK got a little plan....

The Plan
I want to hook my PC up to the telly downstairs......


The Snag
As the monitor weighs a ton I'm wondering if i only have the TV connected to the card... will it be visible to me when i turn it on....

or am I going to have to move the monitor downstairs to click in the properties that i want to have video out on the TV?

[daverobev]

TV should be picked up as the only available output when you turn the computer on, and pic should pop straight up...did when I booted to me 14 inch tv, although pic was awful because of the resolution!

[Rys]

It should boot OK on the TV, but Windows may turn off the TV display when it boots, if your driver is set to not have it enabled.

Rys

[acidrainy]

Thanks, i will bodge something together... always do after a few beers

[petrefax]

just had a bit of an experiment with my setup cos its all in the 1 room - i have my tv connected via svideo & i had to have both connected to get the right options selected in display properties

sorry m8, probably not what u wanted to hear

do u have a portable btw? u could get it set up with that & then lug ur rig downstairs?

[acidrainy]

Originally posted by Rys
It should boot OK on the TV, but Windows may turn off the TV display when it boots, if your driver is set to not have it enabled.

Rys

Cant see anything obvious in the options....
... off to try

i'll post if I have any luck

[acidrainy]

Originally posted by petrefax
just had a bit of an experiment with my setup cos its all in the 1 room - i have my tv connected via svideo & i had to have both connected to get the right options selected in display properties

sorry m8, probably not what u wanted to hear

do u have a portable btw? u could get it set up with that & then lug ur rig downstairs?

'fraid the only thing i have correct cables for is the big thing downstairs...
oh well here goes

[petrefax]

good luck m8

[acidrainy]

worked great!!

The svhs - phono cable left the desktop a little fuzzy.... (film was crystal clear)
The svhs - svhs had it perfect.... I was amazed how much it looked like it was really a monitor

Once I found the Pal setting in the "display settings" it was just sweet

[dgr]

acidrainy@ - it works fine for a "normal" sized monitor. unfortuntely a 8 foot projector makes the ati9700pro svhs output look crap!

dgr

[Bindibadgi]

Originally posted by dgr
acidrainy@ - it works fine for a "normal" sized monitor. unfortuntely a 8 foot projector makes the ati9700pro svhs output look crap!

dgr

cause its not designed to have the same definition as a monitor. as does a tv. acid is lucky he can get his so clear! he must have a good tv