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| ATI Radeon Pro 2400 to TV |
| bulletb1331 posted 2008 Jun 25 23:55 |
| Hey guys,
I gotta reach out for some help in this area, i don't know much about graphics...in the near future I'm looking to hook an Inspiron 530, (which will be running XP home, 1 GB Ram, with an ATI Radeon HD Pro 2400 graphics card) to my Sylvania ssgf4276 (flat screen CRT TV). The video card has s-video, DVI, and VGA outputs and the TV has component video input. There are adapter cables to run VGA to component but i know those cables won't convert the computer graphics to the TV RGB display. Before I run into problems when i try to connect it all i was wondering if anyone has done this type of connection before and could walk me through the steps of what i need. I've heard one way is a transcoder (which can be pricey) or the newest drivers from ATI might allow those adapter cables to work. Thanks for your helps guys, i hope i've provided everything that will help get an answer |
| edDV posted 2008 Jun 26 00:05 |
| http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=ddcwda1& ... lid=627062
http://ati.amd.com/products/Radeonhd2400/specs.html Supposed to have both HDMI and analog component capability. Call that Dell Dude in India and ask for the right cable. Probably still in the box. |
| bulletb1331 posted 2008 Jun 26 07:26 |
| Ok great so that should be just a cable similar to this right?
http://www.lenexpo-electronics.com/products/d_2568.jpg |
| KBeee posted 2008 Jun 26 09:48 |
| ATI cards generally come with an adaptor cable that looks like a s-video-to-component adaptor, that is for component output. ATI use the s-video socket format to save space. |
| FulciLives posted 2008 Jun 26 23:31 |
| I would think that this is what you need:
http://sewelldirect.com/dvivideoadapter.asp Good Luck :) - John "FulciLives" Coleman |
| edDV posted 2008 Jun 27 02:09 |
| It seems like 2400 Pro cards vary for connectors out. Best ask the Dell Dude.
Does it look like this? 
or this? or this? 
Dell may have a custom version. These use different cables or adapters for analog component. The first doesn't seem to have analog component out. Modern ATI Radeons usually come with a DIN to YPbPr adapter or cable. DIN (TV-Out) is the round black connector. This is the YPbPr cable that ships with the Sapphire version. The yellow adapter gets you composite.  |
| bulletb1331 posted 2008 Jun 27 09:00 |
| yea that's what i've been trying to figure out. I'll probably just go through the dell guy. I started a separate post for this also but in case other people read this first any thoughts on which type of connection gives the best video quality. the tv has s-video and component connections and the video card will most likely have s-video and VGA (i'm not concerned with HDMI because its not an HDTV) so my two choices are s-video or VGA to converter to component video...whichever quality is best i'll go with |
| edDV posted 2008 Jun 27 11:01 |
| The component cable will give somewhat better quality than S-Video with your SD CRT TV. Unless it's a very expensive box, a scan converter VGA-component converter will be interior to direct component out. |
| bulletb1331 posted 2008 Jun 27 14:52 |
| ok thats good to know thanks |
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