S-Video card - Suggestion please

[anty2002]

Hello Friends,

I have Desktop computer without S-Video output. I want to connect my PC to TV to watch streaming movies.

Can you please suggest which video card to buy for S-Video output.

I have searched and found the one below. Will it suffice my requirement?

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SAA7130&AID=10440852&CJPID=1260291

Thanks in advance.

[TheFamilyMan]

Unfortunately the card you referenced will not allow you to send computer based streaming video to a TV. It is a "TV card", which allows a computer to play and record TV shows. You'll need to buy a graphics card that has a TV out. Fortunately they can be had for not too much money, such as this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102447. You'll definately want to get a card that is specific to the graphics card slot in your computer's mother board (if it has one: your user manual should have info on this; the card I linked to does not need a graphics card slot). Also, you'll want to connect your computer monitor to this card, it will most likely provide a much better display than your computer's integrated graphics.

Something else to consider is that the picture quality of that streaming video may be somewhat poor, even when viewed on a TV. Good Luck.

Edit:
I forgot audio: the graphics card only does the picture and not the sound. You can either use your computer for sound, or connect an audio cable from your computer's audio line-out to your TV's audio-in so your TV plays the audio.

[anty2002]

Hi,

Thank you very much for your details. I am new to this, so not aware of Video cards.

Based on your suggestions, I checked and found the following one with 256MB memory. (is it adv to have more video memory)

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=R37L-SB3-WB

Thanks.

[TheFamilyMan]

That card is perfect for what you want if you're absolutely sure that your computer's motherboard has a PCIe graphics card slot. The graphics card memory is only useful for computer games such as the Sims (which BTW will play acceptably well with that card); for video playback it really has no impact.