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Geek Culture / Planning on buying a new graphics card, but need tv-out

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Rudolpho
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Posted: 9th Jun 2011 20:53
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I'm planning on upgrading my system (new HD, memory, OS and graphics card). The thing is that I pretty much every day watch some video through my computer on my old back projection TV. My current graphics carrd supports this; it has a S-Video output line, and the TV has a S-Video input (and composite / scart, but that is a tad too low quality in my mind). However, it seems that S-Video is considered such old news that no new graphics card I've found supports it, but rather just VGA, HDMI and DVI.
As I understand it, it is decently possible to convert the VGA signal to S-Video, however, I need that connection for my main monitor (which has no other means of input).

So my questions are;
1) Is there any (somewhat cheap) way to convert the HDMI or DVI signals to S-Video?
2) Do anybody happen to know about a somewhat modern graphics card that has S-Video output?

Thanks for any advice,
Rudolpho


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Destrugter 1
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Posted: 9th Jun 2011 21:20
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Not sure if this is what you're looking for.

http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-Composite-S-Video-Converter-3RCA/dp/B0047PDBP0/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1307643348&sr=1-1

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DJ Almix
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Posted: 9th Jun 2011 21:51
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Your best best is to go from a DVI conversion, HDMI is to widley used so people bump up the prices.

As for DVI to anything, it's much, much cheaper and you can easily find any converter:

Manhattan Video Splitter Cable - 307871

StarTech.com Display adapter 29 pin combined DVI - male - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) - female - PC

Dekcell CPA-1268 VGA Adapter to TV S-Video RCA Out Cable for PC Video

...So, you could just go from VGA/DVI or you could shell out the extra bucks for an HDMI converter box.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 9th Jun 2011 21:53 Edited at: 10th Jun 2011 12:27
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I haven't found any decent svideo capable cards.

The converter destrugter linked to works well for me, but the box outputs in widescreen, so your computer must be able to compensate for it. I was able to make it display properly through the use of my AMD driver and playing with the resolution and a bunch of settings, but I don't know if you'll be able to get it to work right on an nvidia card.

Blu-ray displays great but 4:3 movies have a black border around all four sides of the screen and I can't really get rid of it. DVDs work fine for me.

You won't want to use an vga/dvi to svideo out cable (not the same as a converter box) because it *won't* work. It requires the graphics card to output natively to svideo and none support it. You must use a conversion box.

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Posted: 9th Jun 2011 22:54
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Quote: "I haven't found any decent svideo capable cards."


How bout a Voodoo3 3500?

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Rudolpho
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Posted: 14th Jun 2011 12:55
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Hm, I see.
As for the converter(s) there are some issues; first, they don't seem to be available from any retailer within my country. Second, add the (excessive) import fees on one of those and the price for that thing alone is about 150% of what I was intending to give for a new graphics card It just feels wrong, hehe.
Yet, if there are no other options... I'll just have to ponder it for a while I guess.

Thanks for your suggestions guys, especially Jerico for clearing up the vga/dvi adapter issue.
And I think I'll have to pass on the Voodoo3... way too hi-tech for my simple needs!


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TRAUMA
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Posted: 17th Jun 2011 00:59
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Great idea Rudolpho!

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