- Apr 6, 2002
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Hello,
I recently purchased a Radeon 9600XT video card from an AT member to complete my HTPC. I want it to display on my living room television -- a Panasonic Tau 27" CRT. It has one component input, but I am using that for my dvd/cable. I was thinking of running an s-video cable to the televison from the video card. Is there much difference in picture quality (in this application) between composite and s-video? In a test run using component input (front access of television) the text was quite blurry. Ideally, I would like an HDTV to hook this all up to, but I have what I have (for the time being). I've done the tweaking over my pc monitor via a four-port KVM switch. What is the optimal resolution for a 27" crt televison? Is there any particular settings that someone can recommend for this ATI card and anything I can do to make the text readable even if it's far from optimal. Many years ago I played around with outputting to a television with the original Radeon 64mb (Radeon 7200) and there was a setting for television (which was blurry as well). Any advice (oustide of purchasing a HDTV) would be greatly appreciated.
I recently purchased a Radeon 9600XT video card from an AT member to complete my HTPC. I want it to display on my living room television -- a Panasonic Tau 27" CRT. It has one component input, but I am using that for my dvd/cable. I was thinking of running an s-video cable to the televison from the video card. Is there much difference in picture quality (in this application) between composite and s-video? In a test run using component input (front access of television) the text was quite blurry. Ideally, I would like an HDTV to hook this all up to, but I have what I have (for the time being). I've done the tweaking over my pc monitor via a four-port KVM switch. What is the optimal resolution for a 27" crt televison? Is there any particular settings that someone can recommend for this ATI card and anything I can do to make the text readable even if it's far from optimal. Many years ago I played around with outputting to a television with the original Radeon 64mb (Radeon 7200) and there was a setting for television (which was blurry as well). Any advice (oustide of purchasing a HDTV) would be greatly appreciated.