detroit0
22nd December 2004, 00:32
ok, I have a little PC I put together and I put Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 on it. This PC uses a cheap ASUS board that has an onboard VGA chip made by NVIDIA.
What I would like to be able to do is put some other card in this machine that will have a TV out -- a composite output.
I would like to be able to not have to worry about whether I'm using the PC monitor, the TV, or both at the same time.
I used to have an ATI all-in-wonder that was VERY picky about whether the TV was connected or not. It kept trying to detect, and it would disable itself. VERY annoying. So I just need something that is always on whether the TV is connected or not.
I'm not really sure about the resolution. The TV may need a lower resolution than the monitor... so perhaps I need to be able to have controls for the two.
I do have an old ATI PCI TNT2 graphics card with a composite out -- could I just use that? Or what kind of card should I get? I do NOT want to spend a lot of money on this. Also, I use Linux sometimes so if the card can work for Linux, that would be good too.
What I would like to be able to do is put some other card in this machine that will have a TV out -- a composite output.
I would like to be able to not have to worry about whether I'm using the PC monitor, the TV, or both at the same time.
I used to have an ATI all-in-wonder that was VERY picky about whether the TV was connected or not. It kept trying to detect, and it would disable itself. VERY annoying. So I just need something that is always on whether the TV is connected or not.
I'm not really sure about the resolution. The TV may need a lower resolution than the monitor... so perhaps I need to be able to have controls for the two.
I do have an old ATI PCI TNT2 graphics card with a composite out -- could I just use that? Or what kind of card should I get? I do NOT want to spend a lot of money on this. Also, I use Linux sometimes so if the card can work for Linux, that would be good too.