Connecting Pc to Tv - Quality Loss ?!

[tracertong]

I just connected my pc to tv via the s video socket on my geforce 4 ti 4200 as i want to watch avi's on my widescreen. However i was very disappointed in the quality loss , can anyone offer advice how to improve the picture , or as the case maybe , you just wont get a clear image sending from pc to tv.

Thanks

Tracer Tong

[wway]

I just connected my pc to tv via the s video socket on my geforce 4 ti 4200 as i want to watch avi's on my widescreen. However i was very disappointed in the quality loss , can anyone offer advice how to improve the picture , or as the case maybe , you just wont get a clear image sending from pc to tv.

Thanks

Tracer Tong

S-video output should be the same from device to device (pc or DVD). Its a standard. I would check the following:

1. make sure you have a good s-video cable

2. I've seen video played in PowerDVD that looked great when viewed on a TV. What is your software player?

3. your video card could be defective

wway

[tracertong]

My s video cable is fine , my graphics card is fine also. I was watching the avi's thru real player , are u suggesting running them thru power dvd will improve the picture on my tv ?

Thanks

Tracer

[wway]

Yes. Try using PowerDVD or WinDVD. There are a few freeware players that may also give a better picture. Check the TOOLS section on the left.

wway

[Gazorgan]

Don't force your card to resize the video on the fly. Your TV can't display 1024x768. It can't really display 800x600. Are you confiured for dual output? I have my best results by configuring my TV out as 640x480 at 60 hz. It also doesn't do very well as a #2 monitor because most of my players use DirectX and DirectX doesn't like dual monitors.

So, my optimum TV-Out is with the TV at 640x480 @60 hz in 32 bit color as Primary monitor. It truely sucks to have to change, but it looks pretty dam good only in that configuration. I can re-configure on the fly in W2K, so it's a 20 second settup procedure. I run dual cards, but W2k doesn't really care if it's dual cards or 1 card with dual outputs.