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Hello all, I'm using a PCI Nvidea GeForce FX 5500, with an Svideo out to an older 50" Toshiba TheaterView projection tv. I get the picture on the TV from the Svideo cable, however it is only in 8bit. I can't get color, and video's won't display although I can see my desktop I've tried changing it to 32 bit via display properties, but when I click apply, the settings don't change.

I'm using Windows XP, and I would really like to get movies from my computer to the tv. Does anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking I might have to get a specific tv driver, but a google search didn't reveal anything of value.

Thanks in advance for your time.

This is what my display settings looks like for the tv.

you may be better off to burn the movies to dvd, are they .avi? did your vid card come with software for running tv out? have you got the latest drivers?

I also think it may be the drivers... grab the latest if you haven't done so recently. There isn't one explicitly for TV out, just a general set for pretty much all nvidia cards and purposes.

Currently I have a FX 5200, and it handles TVout quite well and in true color. Your card can definately do better than this. I've just tested it a bit and it handles 32-bit colors for me on all multiple display modes (clone/horizontal span/etc.).