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  1. ChrisWiggles

    TV as Monitor for Media Center PC

    That's not really an accurate portrayal of overscan. The top and bottom extremes of a lot of content is likely to have noise, that's certainly true, however one of the major concerns is with CRTs and their unstable geometry. Especially with lower-quality consumer CRTs, the size of the image and...
  2. ChrisWiggles

    TV as Monitor for Media Center PC

    I built my PC, it's a bit outdated by now, but it's use hasn't changed at all. I feed analog out to a CRT projector though, which is multisync so that's not really an issue. Getting the right resolution out to an analog TV or a digital TV is a different matter though, because you need to hit the...
  3. ChrisWiggles

    TV as Monitor for Media Center PC

    Well, certainly, there just isn't a lot of fudge room for getting the timing just right for the TV, which can be annoying.
  4. ChrisWiggles

    TV as Monitor for Media Center PC

    We will continue to see more and more convergence between TVs and PCs, especially as content on PCs expands. But it is true that TVs are kind of finnicky when it comes to PC integration, but in the future it will likely be far more seamless. My whole HT is based off PC, but it is not for the...
  5. ChrisWiggles

    TV as Monitor for Media Center PC

    You need to input the proper resolution to the TV. You can't just input whatever. You need to input *exactly* the resolution(s) that the television accepts, or you won't get a picture. Most modern videocard drivers allow you to pick the exact resolution and timing that you need, or you can use...
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