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the3eyedblindman

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Any of you use scan convertors?
« on: September 04, 2005, 08:45:16 pm »
I was wondering if any of you use scan convertors to get your computer onto a tv screen, I was planning on getting a 27 inch tv with s video in and using a scan convertor to get the image on there for my next project.... Any of you know how well they work, anything about them?
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Re: Any of you use scan convertors?
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2005, 05:47:17 am »
Unless you get a really good (expensive) one they are usually crap, IMO.

You'd probably be better off with a video card with tv-out.
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Re: Any of you use scan convertors?
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2005, 07:58:24 am »
Quote from: Minwah on September 05, 2005, 05:47:17 am
Unless you get a really good (expensive) one they are usually crap, IMO.

You'd probably be better off with a video card with tv-out.

Seconded.  Almost every single video card on the market today can do TV-out, and with relatively decent quality.
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Re: Any of you use scan convertors?
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2005, 12:25:48 pm »
I have a pc from around 1997-1998 I am using for this project, it is a compaq presario, would modern video cards fit and be easy to install?
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Re: Any of you use scan convertors?
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2005, 10:38:05 pm »
If it has an AGP slot, then yes. (When did these become standard? I can't remember)
If it only has PCI slots, you'll have to search for a second hand card.
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Re: Any of you use scan convertors?
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2005, 01:22:47 am »
There are still plenty of places that sell PCI cards new with TV-out ad whatnot.   

Searching newegg for PCI video cards returns 50 hits, with roughly 40 of them with TV-out (and some with TV-in too).
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