Another "Need HDTV Advice" Thread

[bmwman3241]

Originally Posted by m5james

How are you hooking up your Vizio to your PC's? I'm doing the same for watching movies via my laptop using an S-Video cord, but the picture quality isn't what I had expected at all. I was hoping for something super crisp, but the resolution si like watching it on a huge tube television.

My PC output is DVI so I am using a DVI to HDMI adapter there and using HDMI input on the Vizio. the quality is not bad, and it does what I need. I mainly use the iMac and have Windows Vista Ultimate running off boot camp on the iMac so I rarely use the PC now. But the 42" is a pretty good set up for either a monitor or CCTV set up.

[m5james]

Originally Posted by bmwman3241

My PC output is DVI so I am using a DVI to HDMI adapter there and using HDMI input on the Vizio. the quality is not bad, and it does what I need. I mainly use the iMac and have Windows Vista Ultimate running off boot camp on the iMac so I rarely use the PC now. But the 42" is a pretty good set up for either a monitor or CCTV set up.

Yeah, no DVI on my laptop I bought an S-Video to HDMI cord off ebay, but then I realized it was two completely different formats, I'd need a converter module, blah blah blah...I guess it is what it is. I thought about trying to use a regular ol' blue VGA cord, but haven't gotten around to buying and trying it. The picture isn't bad, but it leaves a 6" border around the whole screen, and I hate seeing movies in "theatre" view.

[bmwman3241]

Originally Posted by m5james

Yeah, no DVI on my laptop I bought an S-Video to HDMI cord off ebay, but then I realized it was two completely different formats, I'd need a converter module, blah blah blah...I guess it is what it is. I thought about trying to use a regular ol' blue VGA cord, but haven't gotten around to buying and trying it. The picture isn't bad, but it leaves a 6" border around the whole screen, and I hate seeing movies in "theatre" view.

I would use VGA over S-Video but thats just me