Tv has S-video in, HDMI in, and regular component and RCA in.

My computer has a Radeon 1800xt video card with 2 DVI outputs and a s-video output.

Ati says the following about the card I have

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"# Flexible display support * Dual integrated dual-link DVI transmitters o DVI 1.0 compliant / HDMI interoperable and HDCP ready* * Dual integrated 10 bit per channel 400 MHz DACs * 16 bit per channel floating point HDR and 10 bit per channel DVI output "

Is the only thing I need going to be a DVi=>HDMI cable?

Or, am I better off using Svideo/component options?

8/28/2006 3:28:50 PM

svideo cable from walmart $6

8/28/2006 3:29:59 PM

Anyone know the difference in quality visually through the different cables?

8/28/2006 3:30:32 PM

HDMI > DVI > Component > Composite/s-video
i don't know which is better between composite and s-video except that they both suck

8/28/2006 3:32:00 PM

s-video> composite. but not by a whole lot.

[Edited on August 28, 2006 at 3:33 PM. Reason : I mean, duh, the s stands for super. ]

8/28/2006 3:32:54 PM

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"Is the only thing I need going to be a DVi=>HDMI cable?"

I'd get that and use it as opposed to a S-Video cable. I've tried using both when connecting my laptop to my HDTV.

If viewing videos you've downloaded, the S-Video will probably look OK, but anything else will probably not look that great. Icons and text will probably be a little blurry.

But once you hook up the DVI to the TV, everything is going to look absolutely perfect. Video is excellent, and small text along with everything else will be crisp.

I've actually played some "HD" videos from Apple's movie trailer website from my laptop to the HDTV through the DVI out and it looked AWESOME.

8/28/2006 3:38:07 PM

I think I need to play games on my PC on it

Though that would involve replaying games I already have played BECAUSE NOTHING GOOD COMES OUT TILL NOVEMBER!!!111

8/28/2006 3:55:12 PM

in general, HDMI, DVI and Component are what you really want

if you use RCA or S-Video you probably wont get the quality/clarity you're hoping for

8/28/2006 4:51:22 PM

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"svideo cable from walmart $6 "

Please kill yourself.


Get a DVI to HDMI adapter and make sure to set your computer resolution to the native resolution of your TV.

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8/28/2006 4:55:32 PM