PC to TV via USB2

[Mr JP Fugley]

http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=138274&sourceid=6426

Looks a decent price at £35

[Mr. Mulder]

http://www.wegotcards.com/cards/friends/insults/nerd.GIF

[Mr JP Fugley]

People were talking about fannying about to get their PC movies and stuff onto big telly things.

I just thought, like.

[Mr. Mulder]

http://pat.ai/j350/img/fe.jpg

[Mr JP Fugley]

And also it looks like it's from the 70s. Which makes it even cooler.

http://img.misco.co.uk/images/uploadedimages/med/20080201121740.jpg

[Proper Bo]

use hdmi or do something else.

[Mr JP Fugley]

It does these resolutions 640 x 480 / 800 x 600 / 1024 x 768 I thought that meant it was capable of sending them to the device.

[Proper Bo]

It does these resolutions 640 x 480 / 800 x 600 / 1024 x 768 I thought that meant it was capable of sending them to the device.

those resolutions would look shite on a good telly, like.

[Snee]

And also it looks like it's from the 70s. Which makes it even cooler.

http://img.misco.co.uk/images/uploadedimages/med/20080201121740.jpg

Stuff from the seventies looked like that?

I thought it was boxier, with more mettle.

[Mr JP Fugley]

It does these resolutions 640 x 480 / 800 x 600 / 1024 x 768 I thought that meant it was capable of sending them to the device.

those resolutions would look shite on a good telly, like.

Gotcha, how big would they be OK for.

[Mr JP Fugley]

And also it looks like it's from the 70s. Which makes it even cooler.

http://img.misco.co.uk/images/uploadedimages/med/20080201121740.jpg

Stuff from the seventies looked like that?

I thought it was boxier, with more mettle.

I thought it looked like an original "Pong" game.

[Proper Bo]

those resolutions would look shite on a good telly, like.

Gotcha, how big would they be OK for.

1024x768 would look okay on a big telly but it'd be a square picture with black borders down the sides cause it's not widescreen. (tho' it is technically hi-def)

They'd look fine on a standard definition tellybox, like, but those resolutions would make stuff look blocky on a big 1080p (1920x1080) tellybox.

[Snee]

It does these resolutions 640 x 480 / 800 x 600 / 1024 x 768 I thought that meant it was capable of sending them to the device.

those resolutions would look shite on a good telly, like.

Tolerable for watching once, like, on newer screens. Non-huge LCD-screens and the like.

The older type of TV, wot with tubes, is pretty forgiving. It's like it does its own anti-aliasing or something else. On something based on that sort of tech even 320 times woteva can look good, though.

Back-projection TVs come somewhere in between, in my experience.

It's debatable whether those constitute good tellies, though.

[Mr JP Fugley]

Thanks for that, good clear explanation and it's to your credit.

[Snee]

Obviously there'd still be the black borders on anything wide-screen, though. Or really fat-looking actors.

[Mr JP Fugley]

My last was at Peabody but it goes for Snee as well.

[Snee]

My last was at Peabody but it goes for Snee as well.

I wasn't really explaining nuthin, though. Just commenting and giving examples on what might let it look good.

[Mr JP Fugley]

It was clear and it's to your credit tho'.

[Something Else]

Those resolutions are fine unless it's an HD Telly.

[Mr JP Fugley]

Those resolutions are fine unless it's an HD Telly.

What if it's a wee HD TV.

I've got a 19 incher in my study room.

[Proper Bo]

Those resolutions are fine unless it's an HD Telly.

What if it's a wee HD TV.

I've got a 19 incher in my study room.

fnar-fnar

en seriousment tho', it'd probably look fine considering it's only a small tellybox.

[Proper Bo]

it wouldn't be in hd tho', obviousment.

[Mr JP Fugley]

it wouldn't be in hd tho', obviousment.

How can you tell if it's HD, I thought that was the resolution.

[Mr. Mulder]

it wouldn't be in hd tho', obviousment.

How can you tell if it's HD, I thought that was the resolution.
there's no such thing as HD, they just turn the contrast up a bit and charge you an extra £50, 0000, 000

[Proper Bo]

it wouldn't be in hd tho', obviousment.

How can you tell if it's HD, I thought that was the resolution.

it is indeed the resolution, hd is classed as either 720x1280 (720p) or 1080x1920 (1080i/p)

That thing you linked to doesn't do resolutions that high (it also uses analogue connections, which can't do hd, 'cept the vga) therefore it can't do hd.

[Mr JP Fugley]

Gotcha, it's the resolution and it's a digital rather than an analogue signal.

So my 19 inch widescreen (which is HD) would look OK with the highest resolution there, but it wouldn't be HD.

[Proper Bo]

Gotcha, it's the resolution and it's a digital rather than an analogue signal.

So my 19 inch widescreen (which is HD) would look OK with the highest resolution there, but it wouldn't be HD.

I'd say yes, it won't be hd but it'd be decent looking. I'm not certain tho' as I've never tried it.

At 1024x768 it'd be in 4:3 as opposed to 16:9 tho'.

[Mr JP Fugley]

Gotcha, it's the resolution and it's a digital rather than an analogue signal.

So my 19 inch widescreen (which is HD) would look OK with the highest resolution there, but it wouldn't be HD.

I'd say yes, it won't be hd but it'd be decent looking. I'm not certain tho' as I've never tried it.

At 1024x768 it'd be in 4:3 as opposed to 16:9 tho'.

The remote's got a button that has 4 options.

Original
4:3
Zoom (Fill Screen)
Widescreen.

That usually does a decent job, even if it isn't a WS broadcast.

[Proper Bo]

I'd say yes, it won't be hd but it'd be decent looking. I'm not certain tho' as I've never tried it.

At 1024x768 it'd be in 4:3 as opposed to 16:9 tho'.

The remote's got a button that has 4 options.

Original
4:3
Zoom (Fill Screen)
Widescreen.

That usually does a decent job, even if it isn't a WS broadcast.

The telly would probably stretch the image to fullscreen but it'd make everyone look fat.

[Snee]

Might be some graphical artifacts, lyke. But I've never tried that with anyhing wot wasn't already compressed and thus prone to having artifacts because of that as well. So I don't know for certain.

[Proper Bo]

Might be some graphical artifacts, lyke. But I've never tried that with anyhing wot wasn't already compressed and thus prone to having artifacts because of that as well. So I don't know for certain.

You're getting too technical for jp, snee:no:

[Mr JP Fugley]

The remote's got a button that has 4 options.

Original
4:3
Zoom (Fill Screen)
Widescreen.

That usually does a decent job, even if it isn't a WS broadcast.

The telly would probably stretch the image to fullscreen but it'd make everyone look fat.

Indeed and it's not ideal. However it does seem to do a decent job.

Some tellies stretch evenly right across the image. Other leave the middle pretty much alone and stretch more as the get further from the middle. On the basis that people will be looking at the middle of the image most of the time and will see the rest in their peripheral vision.

Like I said it's really not ideal but it does a decent job, in my opinion.

[Mr JP Fugley]

Might be some graphical artifacts, lyke. But I've never tried that with anyhing wot wasn't already compressed and thus prone to having artifacts because of that as well. So I don't know for certain.

You're getting too technical for jp, snee:no:

Abso fucking lutely.

[Snee]

Ewe mite notice some static or blobs, or whateva' wot aren't supposed to be there due to the mucking about with converting signals :unsure:

Depends a bit on how the stuff that goes through the converter is treated and so on.

[Mr JP Fugley]

Ewe mite notice some static or blobs, or whateva' wot aren't supposed to be there due to the mucking about with converting signals :unsure:

Depends a bit on how the stuff that goes through the converter is treated and so on.

Thanks for the explanation, clear and concise and it's to your credit.