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Graphics Card for Widescreen monitor?

May 23, 2005 2:29AM PDT

I have about a 5 yr old computer and am looking at getting a widescreen LCD TV so I can use it for both TV and PC monitor. Do I need a special graphics card or anything else to make this work as the PC monitor?
Any specific recommendations would be great. Also any recommendations on the LCD TV?

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Be careful.
May 23, 2005 2:49AM PDT

Some do this to play a dvd on said TV and run afoul of MPEGLA's license issues and ... the DVD content never shows on the TV.

Bob

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But...
May 23, 2005 3:54AM PDT

...I will be using mainly for a TV, hooked up to a Dish receiver and a DVD player. I'm worried about it displaying the PC portion correctly, that shouldn't affect DVD play when I'm in TV mode should it?

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You would think so.
May 23, 2005 4:55AM PDT

Welcome to the nutty world of Digital Rights Management or copy protection. That is a TV and MPEGLA (dot com) sells DVD playing software by the stream. That means the VGA or PC output is one stream and a TV connection would be another. Most DVD player software will give you one PC based stream "license."

It's best you know this now before you scream no one told you.

As to the PC screen dimensions, the ATI and Nvidea cards with DVI or compatible with that TV connection have suitable video settings for PC displays on a widescreen.

Bob

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just a side quetsion for bob
May 23, 2005 9:21AM PDT

i see this more and more
"nvidea"
and i'm really wondering if it's that i've been spelling it wrong all these years
or it's just a common typo?
I was under the impression it's nVidia (i'm not trying to be a jerk, i'm seriously just asking) but i could be wrong

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Check my profile.
May 23, 2005 10:09AM PDT

I state I'm not spellchecking it.

NVIDIA is proper but as I just have time between coding, I don't give much time to the spellchecker.

Must be my common typo.

Bob

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lol, love the quote
May 23, 2005 12:18PM PDT

i didn't think you actually meant it 24/7 though

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nVidia?
May 23, 2005 9:40AM PDT

it is that but sometiems ppl have typos and are too lazy to capitalize that V...like I am