Playing Divx on TV, best card with video-out for this?

[Giantsloth]

I'm a bit confused when it comes to playing divx and mpg files on a pc out to a tv set. The resolution difference between the two is what confuses me a bit. First my question would be what card has the best video-out. I was thinking of getting the Hauppauge PVR-350 for capturing, it also has video-out, they still sell this card on Ebay. It seems anything shown on my pc screen would go out to my tv set, but the problem's a lot of divx and mpg files are half or less resolution than a pc screen's resolution, so they show up smaller than your display. You then get the rest of your desktop showing up on your tv set. My second question is are there applications that will utilize your video-out and play a movie file on your tv in full screen even if it's not full screen on your pc screen? The VLC player comes to mind.

[yoda313]

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