Unfortunatly, that is the limitation of NTSC TV. If you want to get to
1024 res on a big screen, you are looking at getting an HDTV :-( I
believe that NTSC is limited to 320xsomething and just wont display any
higher.
Jason
www.jasonandjessi.com
It gimme the jibblies
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Tim Schoenfelder wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A friend (Its never the person writing the email right ;) ) is looking
> for a videocard that will display at variable screen resolutions (
> 640x480, 800x600, 1040x780 etc) to regular NTSC TV Out (480i S-Video
> preferred interconnection) in such a way that would allow readable text
> on the TV.
>
> For instance, his ATI Radeon 9700 while displaying to TV output would
> not render readable text on his TV and it would not allow him to adjust
> the screen resolution. You can barely read it (Please correct this
> statement if he was using the card incorrectly..he was using the S-Video
> Output on it). You know that its there, you know where you're going
> so-to-speak but you can't see "squat". The reason for the text is to
> not have to have a monitor on top of the TV cluttering up the living room.
>
> Any ideas as to what types of card(s) if any would solve this problem?
> (Links are welcome)
>
> BTW, this card would be a solution to displaying Divx, Xvid type movies
> as played on a PC onto his TV as well as to eventually migrate the PC
> into a PVR system down the road ( eventually upgrading to HD ).
> Hopefully not too tall of an order...
>
> Sincerely,
> Tim Schoenfelder
>
>
>
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