Video Out

[valtea]

Is there any hardware which provide video out. I know of graphics card that provide video out. But they are expensive as i already have a graphic card and i do not need one.

 

[enoonmai]

Hmm, what do you need a TV out feature for? To connect your computer's output to a TV, I presume? Well, in that case, you're probably out of luck since the only thing that supports TV-Out is a video card. That's because the signals sent from your computer to your monitor are decoded by your video card and so, no matter what you do, you would need a video card to send the signals out to a receiving device. And since a computer can only use one display adapter (SLI/AMR fanboys, please excuse), I see no way in which you can get yourself a Video out unless you have a video card supporting TV-out. Somebody can correct me if I am wrong and such hardware actually exists.

 

[valtea]

Thanks alot for the prompt reply. What you presume is right.
So is there any cheap video card for my purpose. (As i said before i dont need high end ones.)

 

[enoonmai]

Cheap as in how cheap are you willing to go? You can get older GeForce 4 MX based video cards for around 2k and newer DX9.0 FX 5200 cards for around 2.5k-3k. How low are we looking at here, because the ones that support TV-out and are comparatively cheap are the ones I listed. I will dig deeper and talk to some hardware vendors to find if something cheaper is indeed available. But dont get your hopes up too much. I dont think you'd find anything cheaper than a GF4MX.

 

[valtea]

maybe something around 1500

I heard from a freind that there is a VGA to PAL encoder card. He said that may solve my problem. Have you heard of it?