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Geek Culture / What Is The Best/More Standard Way Of Outputting To a TV?

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Dark Java Dude 64
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Posted: 14th Sep 2011 01:55
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As the beginning of the Basic Binary Box's development nears (it will begin by October 1st) i realized something--since the beginning, i have always thought of using a standard RCA jack to send sound and video to the TV. Then i realized that there must be a better or more standardized way to connect these days. What are those? If there is a digital method, i would very much like to look into that as i would prefer not to deal with analog if i didnt have to, although i definitely could do that! Opinions?

There is one game i play, it has perfect looking raycasting and is rendered at a very high FPS real time. This game i find very fun. What is this game? This game is life on earth.
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HDMI cables?


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Dark Java Dude 64
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Posted: 14th Sep 2011 05:04
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I will look into that! Haha i guess that should have been obvious to me!

There is one game i play, it has perfect looking raycasting and is rendered at a very high FPS real time. This game i find very fun. What is this game? This game is life on earth.
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Yeh, HDMIs will slowly replace everything from ethernets to optical leads, so best to go with them.

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I think you may have to license HDMI. Might I recommend DVI in that case.


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Posted: 14th Sep 2011 19:23 Edited at: 14th Sep 2011 19:24
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Quote: "I think you may have to license HDMI."


Try this website, it gives information about becoming an HDMI Adopter;

http://www.hdmi.org/

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Posted: 14th Sep 2011 20:32
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Also, HDMI'd probably be irritatingly complex to code for.

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Posted: 14th Sep 2011 20:34
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HDMI - $10,000 yearly membership fee, $0.04 per device.

Pretty much all of the high-def stuff is tied up that way.

For DVI, I'm not sure - I know there's a group you can join, but I don't know if you HAVE to join. You do have to sign an adopters agreement, but the spec is itself royalty free (no per-device payment required).

Oh for the simple days of standard RF output...

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Posted: 14th Sep 2011 21:22
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99% of TVs are still scart/component compatible anyway, so it might be worth your while just using those.

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Holy crudle dumps! 10 grand a year?? I think ill pass...

Lol but yah what CoffeeGrunt said is right, and if there does happen to be a TV without that support, it shouldnt be a problem to find an adapter!

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Even these wafer thin LED TVs come with scart adapters, but no sockets, so you've still got the compatibility.

I imagine HD resolution isn't a concern with it anyway, right?

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Haha no, resolution isnt a concern!

There is one game i play, it has perfect looking raycasting and is rendered at a very high FPS real time. This game i find very fun. What is this game? This game is life on earth.
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Actually RF is a serious suggestion, as was SCART (I believe that uses 2 signal types, but can't remember what they are - probably composite + another), plus there's also S-Video, composite, component and probably others that I've forgotten.

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S-video doesn't have much compatibility, if any at all, to be honest. Something of a dead format.

Mainly Scarts, RFs and Components for Analogue. Optical leads, HDMI and DVI for digital leads. But Opticals only do audio.

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Thanks for your advice!

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