Computer monitor -> TV adapter?

[F1man]

Is there any way to play PC games on a TV? All I need is an adapter which I'm sure that exists but where can I get one?

 

[Jugend]

I'm not sure they exist because almost all graphic-cards do have TV-out, It wouldn't be necessary if it was as simple as putting an adapter btween pc/tv.. mabye some kind of modulator is needed.

anyone knows better than me bout this fill in the gaps.

/D

 

[Spock]

i think to connect a pc to a tv to play gams on you nedd a Video Card with an tv-out port and i dont know about all of hem but you will also probaly need a s-video to composite adapter type cord to connect it to the composite video port on your tv

 

[vat_man]

Most of the GE Force4 cards have a TV out - I know mine does.

 

[Giancarlo]

Yeah but most of the time they look like crap on a TV...even a Digital one.

 

[F1man]

Oh so The resolution is a problem. Oh well.

 

[donbenni]

Yeah i've got a GF3 card i think and it has tv out. i bought the cable and whacked it into the back of my 28" widescreen... it look terrible. Colours and resolution were really bad. I've lost the cable now... in the bin somewhere i believe

 

[rjensen11]

Standard TV's have really bad resolution(320x240), you don't want to play games on them. HDTV's are better, but still not as good as the standard 1028x768 or higher on computers.

Here's a good page that gives resolutions and such for TV's for both North America and Europe:
http://www.ee.washington.edu/conselec/CE/kuhn/hdtv/95x5.htm

 

[vat_man]

Very true - the only TV I've seen a decent PC screen on was a top-line plasma, and that was running a VGA connection.