Re: Connecting computer to TV & Stereo?

We just purchased two Philips 50" Plasma TV's for our conference rooms here
at work. Then they come to me to get them setup and working with a PC in
each room. I ended up having to get the HP Workstations (not PC) with one
MOTHER of a "graphics" card (ATI Radeon Crossfire X1800). This thing is so
"gamers" with the clear CPU cases - funky ninja looking figure on the white
heat synch. The actual "fan" on the card (and the width of the card) has a
clear case and red blades... Then add to that the Creative Sound Blaster
X-FI XtremeMusic card and it is quite a setup :-)

The connection to the TV to the PC is HDMI and then you get the fun of
figuring out the settings on the TV (the manual that came with it was 25
pages long and not very good. So I went to their website and downloaded the
same manual and it was 46 pages long and had everything I needed to know. 21
pages added...)

Chuck

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Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:27 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Connecting computer to TV & Stereo?

David,

I assume that S-Video provides both video & audio.


As others have mentioned, S-Video feeds are strictly video (as are RCA
"phono" jacks, typically yellow, composite video feeds, and even DVI (ie
Digital Visual Interface) cables such as you mayuse with a flat panel
monitor).  The exception is the newer HDMI option available on some DVD
players and TVs etc.  The HDMI stands for High Definition Multlmedia
Interface, and basically combines both DVI and audio signals into a single
connector.

At the same time, HDMI interface circuitry also adds a bunch of copy
protection and digital rights management which is another reason it has such
a high level of support from places like the Motion Picture Association of
America.  They probably care more about the DRM aspect then the simplicity
of consumer hookups.  :)

I have not yet seen laptops with HDMI connectors, but I wouldn't be too
surprised to see them start appearing.

Doug