Best way to connect HTPC to TV

[Logical]

I've just got the Palsonic 76WSHD tv (100hz, widescreen). It has XGA inputs,
as well as two seperate component inputs.

Question is, if building a HTPC would it be best to get a high end video
card and use a component out, or use a lower end card and just use the VGA
cable to connect to the television?

Would the output quality vary with the use of high end / low end graphics
cards?

I'm mainly planning to use it to receive digital television, as well as
function as a PVR.

[Leon Horsnell]

what did it cost you etc
Leon

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"Logical" <logic@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> I've just got the Palsonic 76WSHD tv (100hz, widescreen). It has XGA
inputs,
> as well as two seperate component inputs.
>
> Question is, if building a HTPC would it be best to get a high end video
> card and use a component out, or use a lower end card and just use the VGA
> cable to connect to the television?
>
> Would the output quality vary with the use of high end / low end graphics
> cards?
>
> I'm mainly planning to use it to receive digital television, as well as
> function as a PVR.
>
>
>

[Logical]

"Leon Horsnell" <leonh@pcug.org.au> wrote in message
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> what did it cost you etc
> Leon
>
> --
> modulation in all things
> "Logical" <logic@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:4013d973$0$1727$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.a u...
> > I've just got the Palsonic 76WSHD tv (100hz, widescreen). It has XGA
> inputs,
> > as well as two seperate component inputs.
> >
> > Question is, if building a HTPC would it be best to get a high end video
> > card and use a component out, or use a lower end card and just use the
VGA
> > cable to connect to the television?
> >
> > Would the output quality vary with the use of high end / low end
graphics
> > cards?
> >
> > I'm mainly planning to use it to receive digital television, as well as
> > function as a PVR.
> >
> >
> >

Palsonic TV was at Hardly Normals for $2299, got it down to $1999 with
extended warranty (now it's seven years).

HTPC looks like costing me about $1100, being a high end multimedia PC also.
You could do the HTPC for a lot less if you weren't after real time digital
decoding.

[Louis Solomon [SteelBytes]]

the VGA should be better then the component. (as the h&v sync are on sepearte lines to the color with vga... component usualy have the on the green line).

note: the VGA out of all video cards is not equal quality. matrox usually have the best vga out. this is an issue of DAC quality, not GPU feature/speed.

--
Louis Solomon
www.steelbytes.com

"Logical" <logic@privacy.net> wrote in message news:4013d973$0$1727$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.a u...
I've just got the Palsonic 76WSHD tv (100hz, widescreen). It has XGA inputs,
as well as two seperate component inputs.

Question is, if building a HTPC would it be best to get a high end video
card and use a component out, or use a lower end card and just use the VGA
cable to connect to the television?

Would the output quality vary with the use of high end / low end graphics
cards?

I'm mainly planning to use it to receive digital television, as well as
function as a PVR.