Ted Unangst wrote:
On 8/17/08, Edd Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
We have this BSD box with some films on, and someone had the idea of
hookiing it up to the TV so we can watch DVD's etc in the living room.
Not a bad idea, but I don't know how.
So far, nobody has suggested the very easy "solution" of buying a TV
that accepts vga input. Practically all of them do now. I found that
works out quite a bit better, but of course it's more investment.
Just bought a Samsung 2032MW 20inch monitor.
Has all connectors, VGA, DVI, SCART, video... has a tuner. Has PIP,
you can watch TV and you PC session simultaneousy. For just 199 Euro.
Larger models, sold as TVs, mostly have all connectors too, just that the
"TV"s don't have Picture In Picture, while PC monitors do.
Now PAL 720i (720 horiz * 2x288) is broadcast quality: the signal sent by
the station. "Good" home TV's can differenciate 360 horiz signals.
VHS tapes are in the 360/240 area.
A good starting point for PAL TV might be 360*288 at 50 Hz or
360*576 at 25 Hz interlaced.
