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  1. 01-11-2003, 01:32 AM #1
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    tv out?

    Ok you guys are probably going to think this is dump (and if you do my excuse is I'm a new member hehe). I'm looking at a motherboard (EPIA M 9000) which has tv out (composite and S-video). Im also looking an LCD Monitor from digitalww.com (7" in-dash) which has two video inputs (RCA). My question is, what exactly is tv out? I mean is it the RCA that this LCD needs? If this is not the RCA connections the LCD needs then what do I need to hook the motherboard (witht the built in video) to the Screen?
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  2. 01-11-2003, 06:40 AM #2
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    i'll take this one guys...
    composite video (no tuner-straight to monitor) uses rca's. if you have a cable that came with the board and it has an rca female jack on it you can use that too.
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  3. 01-11-2003, 10:54 AM #3
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    thanks, now that helps a lot. I only need to choose a dvd and powersupply now.
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  4. 01-11-2003, 11:48 AM #4
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    Ok I have one more question...I've just recently heard that if the LCD monitor doesn't have vga thenit won't display text well. So if I have a tv out (composite) and connect it straight to my lcd monitor, then will it display text like a regular computer monitor or will it display as a tv set would?
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  5. 01-11-2003, 12:51 PM #5
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    Using a rca cable with tv-out it will display text like a tv, maybe slightly better, but not nearly as well as a computer monitor. You would most likely have to boost up the font size in windows if you want to be able to read it.
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  6. 01-11-2003, 08:19 PM #6
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    TV (whether PAL or NTSC) is a LOW-RESOLUTION SIGNAL as compared to computer resolutions, even plain old vanilla VGA. Also, for small screens, I strongly recommend using 640x480 (refresh rate does not matter, default reduces the requirements of the monitor and the PC).
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