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Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by elsamboys, Dec 5, 2008.

  1. elsamboys

    elsamboys Regular member

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    i have h/p m7060n desktop, i want to watch movies in my hard drive on my 36" tv instead of 17" lcd monitor, my tv has s-video for in/out and my pc has s-video only for input,they are all 4 pins, in order to watch movies on tv, i need some kind of hardware for tv outlet install in my pc, anyone please tell me what kind hardware i need to get? thank in advance
     
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    sammorris Senior member

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    no, your S-Video port is a video out. All you need is an S-Video cable to connect them together. S-Video is not video-in on anything other than a TV card.
     
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    thanks for reply sammorris, i had tried use s-video cable plug into both tv and pc, it didn't work, as i mention before, the s-video in my pc is for input only, also audio R + L, tv antenna, fm antenna, they are all in same "socket" that has labeled input from manufacture.
     
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    right, so it is a TV card. I was assuming it was an S-Video port on the graphics card. Your best bet is probably to get a physical graphics card rather than use onboard graphics.
     
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    any recommenations on video cards out there?
     
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    Anything cheap will do, like an HD3450, assuming you have a PCI express 16x slot on your motherboard.
     
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    how do i know i have pci express 16x slot on my motherboard?
     
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    Looked it up, the m7060n doesn't have PCI express or AGP, so your only option is an outdated PCI card - it'll do, but they're not cheap.
    I'd recommend something like a PCI Radeon 9250.
     
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    i googled PCI Radeon 9250, but is that high mb and higher bit will have better graphic? you think nvidie best? how do i know they are compatible to my pc? thanks again
     
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    What you said doesn't make any sense, and no, ATI cards are generally better than nvidia in terms of image quality, though there's not a lot in it.
     

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