ATI Radeon 7500 S-Video Out

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Thu Apr 11, 2002 6:36 pm

ok I recently built a comp for a friend..

P4 1.6a
Asus P4S333
60gig Maxtor
32x Lite On
52X CD-Rom
Radeon 7500
512mb RAM

this looks like most of the specs, the important ones at least...

the Video Card has an SVideo Output..

I was playing around with it earlier this afternoon, hooked it up to our TV and stuffs..

It looked REALLY crappy though, originally it was set to 1024x768 @24 or 32bit Color
I dropped the res to 640x480 and it STILL looked crappy, graphics weren't too bad but the TXT was terrible..

should I drop the color settings down?

What do y'all think the problem is?...

THe TV is pretty old, so that could be the problem as well.....

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Thu Apr 11, 2002 6:54 pm

While there could be a problem, don't expect a TV to look anything like a computer monitor, it just can't handle the resolution and detail. So I wouldn't be surprised if the fuzzy look you're getting is what we all consider "normal" for tv out.

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Thu Apr 11, 2002 6:57 pm

so you say it's supposed to be THAT crappy?
will that show up in a screen shot?
or should I take a pic of the TV to show you...?

Weber48IDA · Post by **Weber48IDA** » Fri Apr 12, 2002 3:52 am

I just installed a 7500 all in wonder in my pc last week. My buds had told me in advance not to expect too much with the TV output. They were right. I tried Svid and comp. and they all looked the same. But hey, the output sure is pretty on my monitor.

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Fri Apr 12, 2002 5:00 am

need something like this to clean it up as the vga and tv signals are a little different. this little gadget should fix of the picture quite nicely. however, this one is for HDTV's and requires that the tv have a component input.

http://www.digitalconnection.com/HomeTheater/9a60.htm

i havent ordered mine yet but will be soon whenever i decide on what video card to go with the HTPC that im building for myself