Card with HDMI out

[Mercutio]

What res would I be getting on a HDTV with HDMI in using HDMI out on a card (like X1600 pro). Will it be the 720i/p (or whatever my TV supports) or the windows res in the TV's specs? (1386*768 or there abouts)?
I dont need amazing gaming performance, would only be used occasionally by a guest and the card upgrade would be cheaper than shifting TV's to one with vga/dvi in (something I didnt think of at the time )

If the answer to the above is the 720i/p which of the below would be the best?

* RGB SCART1, RGB SCART2
* S-VIDEO
* COMPOSITE RCA VIDEO
* STEREO RCA AUDIO
* HDMI (HDCP)
* COMPONENT VIDEO (VIA VGA)

The screens a techwood 32" (dont know the model number but the one that lots of places are selling for around £300-350)

 

[weescott]

Some screens only allow specific PC input resolutions but since you have lots of connections then HDMI is best via DVI-D, the others don't carry a HD signal IIRC.

With ATI cards you can tweak the resolution to that extactly of the screen so you can use component and high resolution.

 

[Mercutio]

Theres no DVI input on the screen? Are you meaning DVI from the card using HDMI connector on the TV? I have tried this and get fairly crappy amounts of overscan
I notice theres a lot of cards using HDTV out (the component version rather than HDMI connector) would this be any good?

 

[weescott]

I would have thought DVI to HDMI would have been good. Maybe it's DVI-I. Component is OK, just not the best.

 

[Mercutio]

DVI-HDMI is "ok" cant seem to quash the overscan issues though. Might bite the bullet and give a card with HDMI output a go. If HDMI-HDMI doesnt work im not sure what will

 

[ugly ferret]

It's probably more to do with your tv not being able to accept native res over hdmi, very few 768 line sets can. Getting a hdmi graphics card certainly won't help with overscan and native res. Can't you use vga?

 

[Mercutio]

ahhh if its that way around then fair enough - the TV doesnt have VGA in only the inputs mentioned above.

 

[ugly ferret]

Component via vga? That's a vga input right there.

 

[queamin]

Yes a lot of hd tv's are limited to hd res on hdmi

 

[Mercutio]

Component via vga? That's a vga input right there.

What would I connect to it? The TV end is component so am I getting a card with "HDTV out" (which ive seen split down to component) or some sort of VGA-to-component cable and using the standard old VGA d-sub on a card?

 

[ugly ferret]

That's strange. Are you sure there's no d-sub input? If it says via vga in the specs that should mean there's a vga input. As far as I know, VGA signals can't pass through component RCA's, so there must be a vga input somewhere. Unless the specs are wrong.

 

[Kipper67]

What would I connect to it? The TV end is component so am I getting a card with "HDTV out" (which ive seen split down to component) or some sort of VGA-to-component cable and using the standard old VGA d-sub on a card?

try googling "vga to component lead" and you will find they do exist

They have been around for a long while as back in the depths of time the big old CAD monitors used to have component input as it was thought to give a clearer signal than vga-vga . I think i may even have an old one stuck in a cupboard somewhere except mines got BNC connectors on it .