[G4] HDTV vs. LCD monitor

[Kevin Willis]

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> On May 3, 2005, at 5:05 PM, Kevin Willis wrote:
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>>     I have been tinkering with hooking my G4 up to my plane old 20  
>> inch TV as a second display along with my 19 inch CRT.  It works  
>> OK for viewing DVD's and Quicktime movies.  As a display though,  
>> it is rather ugly.
>>

     I did a little experimenting with my G4 and a older TV.  I have  
a Radeon 8500 AGP card running my 19 CRT monitor and a Radeon 7500  
PCI card connected to the TV.  The only input ports on the TV is a  
Analog port.  So, I picked up a $20 box from K Mart that hooks to the  
Analog port and provides 4 inputs.  Each input has a S-video port and  
Composite A/V.  I put the display from my Miglia TV card on the TV  
through the computer and compared it to the regular TV display.

     I was pretty surprised by how much better the picture was when  
displayed through the computer.  Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Kevin