xlobby to tv

by **RAKY0311** on Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:29 pm

hello group : how is the best hardware to connect xlobby to my home theater sistem (tv) to obtaining the picture cuality.
thanks.

by **rubbah** on Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:53 am

use component, vga or dvi. if you're tv supports it... if not you can use s-video but that is not a good solution.

by **RAKY0311** on Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:06 pm

thanks rubbah! my tv support comp.and s-video but I read in a post that you cant' display x-lobby in tv with s-video connection,now I confusing in what to use.
thanks ...?

by **Naylia** on Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:18 pm

A little list: Quality (Highest to Lowest)
DVI / HDMI
VGA / RGBVH
Component / YPbPr

S-video (One cable with 4 pins in it)
Composite (The standard single yellow cable)

If you have component use it. I am stuck with composite until I purchase a new tv and even though it's the lowest quality connection XLobby still works great and I can easily browse movies and music.

by **jowaldo** on Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:19 pm

RAKY0311 wrote:thanks rubbah! my tv support comp.and s-video but I read in a post that you cant' display x-lobby in tv with s-video connection,now I confusing in what to use.
thanks ...?

You can use practically whatever you want to view xlobby on a tv... The only problem with svideo and composite, is that the quality is low, so it is hard to read small text. Otherwise it should work fine.

by **RAKY0311** on Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:43 pm

thanks guys! but clear me :I want to connect my HTPC(not yet )to my home theater and I want to be able to see my DVD rip collection and my record tv program,question:
1-what video card to use?
2-what tuner card ?
3-I have to connect both the video and the tuner card to tv?
4-also I want to navigate the internet from my tv
PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP! I'm totaly lost.

thanks for help!

by **Naylia** on Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:48 pm

I suggest heading over to htpcnews.com or avsforums to dig into stuff like this. There's a lot of information out there to help you balance priorities with money with hardware. But here's my quick input based on what I would do today.

1) I love my ATI 9800 Pro but some nVidia 6600GTs have built in component output. But not all of them. I like the sound of that. ATI also has a dongle but it restricts resolutions.

2) Hauppauge tuner cards are some of the best standard def hardware encoding cards. I recommend looking into the PVR150s if you use windows and the PVR250s if you use linux. The 150 is actually newer and cheaper but the 250 has broader support and linux support. If you want HD I hear the DVICO Fusion cards aren't bad.

3) No. Connect your cable or cable box to the PVR card using either a coax cable or composite with analog audio or s-video with analog audio. Connect your video card to your tv.

4) Best done if you have HDTV, it is difficult but not impossible to read text on a standard def tv.

by **RAKY0311** on Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:10 pm

THANK YOU!
now I have a idea in what to look. a lot of info in this forum,thanks[/b]