videos play better on my tv than on my moniter

[delacruz_17]

why is it that any kind of video no matter the bit. or compression avi,mpg,mov does it always look better on my tv. I connect my tv to my 128MB video card via a S-Video cable.

[lordsmurf]

Because of how the comp monitor and tv work.
Read the "understanding you source" capture guide at lordsmurf.com

[holistic]

Example :

Monitor [ . ] a pixel
Television [ _ ] ( actually 3 of them stacked vertically a red _ , blue _ , green _ )

A 'macroblock' that occupies say 10 pixels will hardly be noticed on a television because the horizontal lines (dashes) that make up a television scan line are so much larger.

lesson over.......

[delacruz_17]

ahhhhhh
if only school was so plain and jain like holistic explains it, life would be so much EZer.

lordsmurf: i tried going to "understanging your source" but the page failed to load up several times.