HOW CAN I WATCH MY PC DVD ON MY TV????????????????????
DerekJM(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 11th July 2002, 02:20
CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW I CAN DO THIS? MY PC HAS A S-VIDEO AND VIDEO CONNECTION BUT WHEN I CONNECT EITHER TO MY TV ITS JUST BLANK THANX
RE: HOW CAN I WATCH MY PC DVD ON MY TV????????????????????
Paull(Elite) posted this on Thursday, 11th July 2002, 08:36
If you have a TV out button on the computer this should do it, otherwise, I can only give you the basics, and you will have to try the settings. Right click on your desktop. Left click Properties, Left click settings, Left click Advanced. On My computer you go to device selection & select TV, you would then have to Apply. You may also have to put the colour quality to 16 bit, & lower the screen resolution. If the s-video is sharing another input on the TV you MAY have to totally disconnect the shared item, turning off the item MAY do. There also may be a sequence in your instruction book like pushing `Control & F6` to enable the computer to output to TV. Hope this helps.
RE: HOW CAN I WATCH MY PC DVD ON MY TV????????????????????
Choagy(Elite) posted this on Thursday, 11th July 2002, 11:55
I read something on the Hardware posts about someone having a similar problem. If the suggestion from Paull doesn`t work it may have something to do with macrovision or something like that. If I`ve read the other post correctly the TV card / DVD ? may have macrovision ? enabled and as such possibly the card/dvd considers that the tv out signal might be an attempt to copy the DVD. Not being a techie I am only going by what others have posted. HTH
RE: HOW CAN I WATCH MY PC DVD ON MY TV????????????????????
Gurra W(Competent) posted this on Thursday, 11th July 2002, 22:59
Try this software, it fixed all the problems I had before buying a `real` DVD-player =)
RE: HOW CAN I WATCH MY PC DVD ON MY TV????????????????????
DerekJM(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Friday, 12th July 2002, 01:43
thanks everyone for your help, i finally got it by accident. cheers anyway
RE: HOW CAN I WATCH MY PC DVD ON MY TV????????????????????
Poet(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Friday, 12th July 2002, 09:03
Macrovision will not affect PC->TV output unless you have a crap TV or try to run the signal thru a VCR.
Put simply, Macrovision is a squarewave overlaid on the video signal. Televisions miss this squarewave and carry on displaying the signal. VCRs however, are more sensitive to this (for recording purposes) and when the signal is passed thru a VCR, it becomes corrupted. You can spot macrovision corruption as the symptoms are obvious (but varied): Colour shift, loss of vertical-hold & screen flicker, although it does depend on the equipment you are using.
I use PC->TV (36" Sony Wega) for watching DVDs as my PC is in the same room and I rigged a remote control system into the front panel. It`s simply a case of "Display Properties" from the control panel, to enable the TV mode of the Gfx card...
