Geek Question: PC to Plasma?

Geek Question: PC to Plasma?#191806

By Hold My Own - August 21st, 2008, 12:49 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 12:49 pm #191806

Ok...I bought a plasma when they first came out and it doesnt have a DVI VGA hookup...it does however have a S-Video what type of quality could I expect using a S-Video hookup from my PC? I just bought one of those media center PC's and would like to use it for that....if I cant then I'll just get a LCD or something.

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Re: Geek Question: PC to Plasma?#191815

By RagingTireFire - August 21st, 2008, 12:55 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 12:55 pm #191815

Hold My Own wrote: what type of quality could I expect using a S-Video hookup from my PC?

Serviceable, but not good.

Is this mercy-killing or cross-pollenation?
Only the strawberry knows.

#191818

By LUconn - August 21st, 2008, 12:58 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 12:58 pm #191818

I think S video is a notch above red, white, yellow, but a notch below everything else.

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

#191820

By Hold My Own - August 21st, 2008, 1:11 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 1:11 pm #191820

Do you know of any other options I have without having a DVI/VGA output or input

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#191827

By ALUmnus - August 21st, 2008, 1:17 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 1:17 pm #191827

Wireless HDMI.

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#191830

By adam42381 - August 21st, 2008, 1:21 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 1:21 pm #191830

If it's anything like my plasma (which is 3 years old) it doesn't have HDMI input either.

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#191833

By Hold My Own - August 21st, 2008, 1:25 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 1:25 pm #191833

ALUmnus wrote:Wireless HDMI.

I have HDMI....wireless HDMI? how does that work and what cards have that?

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#191835

By JDUB - August 21st, 2008, 1:28 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 1:28 pm #191835

we all know your ballin, just buy a new huge LCD

#191837

By ALUmnus - August 21st, 2008, 1:34 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 1:34 pm #191837

Or a new huge plasma, it will have all the same inputs. The key word is 'new'. I'll take your old one if you don't need it.

"I always wanted to be the hero of all squirrels; I just thought it'd never happen" - Quack

#191838

By Hold My Own - August 21st, 2008, 1:37 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 1:37 pm #191838

If I get a new plasma then i'd feel redic having a TV that's like 1/50 the value of the home! LOL

LUalums do you have any more info on the wireless HDMI's?

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#191850

By RagingTireFire - August 21st, 2008, 2:06 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 2:06 pm #191850

Hold My Own wrote:If I get a new plasma then i'd feel redic having a TV that's like 1/50 the value of the home! LOL

Buy a more expensive house.

Is this mercy-killing or cross-pollenation?
Only the strawberry knows.

#191854

By Hold My Own - August 21st, 2008, 2:14 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 2:14 pm #191854

Rent free....hard to talk myself into moving away from that right now...but yes those are all options....now can anyone tell me more about the Wireless HDMI? How is the quality from a PC HDMI to TV HDMI? Just like it would be from VGA?

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

Re: Geek Question: PC to Plasma?#191866

By tinytim - August 21st, 2008, 2:49 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 2:49 pm #191866

Hold My Own wrote: I just bought one of those media center PC's and would like to use it for that....

You bought it off of woot today didn't you

Working on a full house

Re: Geek Question: PC to Plasma?#191867

By Hold My Own - August 21st, 2008, 2:49 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 2:49 pm #191867

tinytim wrote:
Hold My Own wrote: I just bought one of those media center PC's and would like to use it for that....
You bought it off of woot today didn't you

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#191871

By coolhandluke - August 21st, 2008, 3:08 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 3:08 pm #191871

I hear bunny ears have the best quality. You should try those.

#191875

By Sly Fox - August 21st, 2008, 3:24 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 3:24 pm #191875

Who else saw the title of this thread and thought it was about some Blue Hose student trying to find a way to pay his tuition this fall?

#191887

By ALUmnus - August 21st, 2008, 3:58 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 3:58 pm #191887

This is just one example, of course there aren't a lot of options for this out there.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-998 ... ?tag=mncol

New TV sounds like the best option, and plasmas and lcds are the same price when you compare like sizes.

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#191898

By RubberMallet - August 21st, 2008, 6:18 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 6:18 pm #191898

s video like luconn said is slightly better than composite.

even most old plasma's however will have dvi. which most cards nowadays will have.

dvi is this.

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#191900

By RubberMallet - August 21st, 2008, 6:30 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 6:30 pm #191900

i'm retard and didn't read...

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#191919

By Hold My Own - August 21st, 2008, 10:22 pm

- August 21st, 2008, 10:22 pm #191919

LoL...its ok...has anyone tried reading text from a computer on a 720p through HDMI?

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

Re: Geek Question: PC to Plasma?#192077

By mrmacphisto - August 23rd, 2008, 12:34 am

- August 23rd, 2008, 12:34 am #192077

Hold My Own wrote:
tinytim wrote:
Hold My Own wrote: I just bought one of those media center PC's and would like to use it for that....
You bought it off of woot today didn't you

That was a pretty good deal. I might've jumped on it myself if (1) I had the money, (2) it had HDMI and (3) it had Blu-ray and upscaling.

Right now I have an old Compaq connected to the VGA input on my LCD. It gets the job done, but there's no widescreen monitor support, so it's all in the standard aspect ratio.

#193871

By Hold My Own - September 3rd, 2008, 12:37 am

- September 3rd, 2008, 12:37 am #193871

OK...I installed the new card and went from DVI to HDMI and it looks great on the 42in Plasma...even though it's 720p you'd never know...it's pretty sweet and the fonts/text is easy to read which I was a little nervous about

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.