Can I use my DVI output for my widescreen Hitachi TV?

[DARRIN]

My Hitachi widescreen tv has a DVI input. My Gainward Geforce4 4600 has DVI outputs. Can I use the DVI output on the Geforce4 on my television?

 

[Adul]

sure why not .

just start at a lower resolution

 

[Howard]

What's the resolution on your TV?

 

[afzan]

you shouldn't have any problems.. try the home theatre computers forum on avsforum

 

[DARRIN]

Originally posted by: Howard
What's the resolution on your TV?

It has 1080 horizontal lines. not sure about vertical. It's HDTV.

 

[madthumbs]

You may need a program like powerstrip to obtain custom resolutions/ refresh rates to match the tv. I have an Hitachi 43" ws rear projection. I found that the 920x500 resolution works best (minimal overscan).

 

[Dug]

Yes go to AVSForum - specifically the HTPC section.

Start asking questions. You may not want DVI to your TV- depends on what you want to do and what your equipment will allow. You might be better off with a VGA cable if your TV accepts it. (Cheaper, longer runs, no difference in picture quality, allows more functions in certain cases.)

A HTPC with TT, ffdshow, Powerstrip, will be an incredible improvement over any DVD player you can buy on the market.
You would want to use an ATI 9500/ 9700 for this though.

Why? Because you can scale the DVD resolution up/ apply filters/ and then make an exact match for what your TV displays as a native resolution. Much, much better than just 480P.

 

[DARRIN]

Thanks for the replies. I posted on the avsforum.