Date   : Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:38:57 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: modern BBC remake

On 20/07/07, Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson@...> wrote:
>
> Hm, what is the largest resolution a typical PC graphics card can display
> on a TV output? Is it limited to 800x600 or do some graphic cards generate
> a picture with even higher resolution, and thus more blurry pixels?

Now that depends what you mean by TV output.  The max I've seen on a
composite or s-video port is 800x600, and given standard definition
TVs are limited to 625 lines (PAL) that's going to be your max, at
least vertically.

If you have a HD set, now, you can get al the way up to (ISTR)
1900x1020 via HDMI connections (or even higher with DVI, HDMI has, I
gather, less bandwidth but has the added 'feature' of supporting HDCP
'protection'.)   Most consumer 'HD ready' TV sets max at about
1280x720.  (Lower definition than the typical 15" CRT monitor - bet
they don't tell you that in Currys!)  You can certainly get PC video
cards with HDMI connections, and they count as TV-out in my eyes,
being a consumer grade connection.

(The big plasma we invested in last year, and which is now less than
half the price I paid, has HDMI, DVI and a standard VGA port on it ,
as well as the usual SCART and phono conections...Of course, it's
further away too..)