Re: Which multi-monitor setup is best?
From: Dana Cline - MVP (dcline_at_scriptpro.com)
Date: 12/03/04
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Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:11:53 -0600
TFT stands for Thin Film Technology, which most all LCDs use these days (and
most all are Active Matrix, as opposed to the old Passive Matrix). Instead,
for clarity, let's call them both LCDs - one 17" and one 30".
Now, which types of input do they have? I assume they both have VGA, and
they may both have DVI. If so, I'd forget about using the analog TV-out
(presumably sVideo). Connect the smaller of the two using VGA and the larger
of the two using DVI.
Now, once you've set your video card up to drive both, there is no switching
required - they're both active at all times. As for the video picture
pausing on one when using the desktop on the other, that would be a function
of how fast your CPU/memory/disk is, whether the disk is fragmented or not,
and what programs you may be starting up. This shouldn't affect recording
quality at all, as many people here have said they use the UI and play games
and do work while the recording happens in the background. It may
conceivably affect playback of recorded tv depending on the load on the
system.
Using an extender would give you the ability to remove the TV LCD to another
room, assuming you could reach it with a network cable or wireless.
Dana Cline - MVP
"AndyCA" <AndyCA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:32555513-054C-4101-A6B4-5FE29244A5A2@microsoft.com...
> Let's assume I have a video card with one DVI-I connector, one analog
> connector, TV-out but no hardware MPEG decoder. A separate TV tuner card
with
> hardware MPEG is also present. I want to drive two displays, a 17" flat
panel
> TFT and a widescreen 30" LCD TV. The LCD would used to view TV (and use
the
> TV UI) while the TFT would display the Windows desktop. I want to avoid
> pauses in the TV output when the TFT screen is being used. I can think of
two
> possible MCE solutions, can the experts out there critque them?
>
> 1) Connect TFT to the DVI connector and the LCD to the TV-out on the main
> video card (or does the LCD have to connect directly to the TV tuner
card?).
> Have the video card in multi-monitor (not stretch or clone) mode. Make the
> LCD the main screen and the TFT the secondary screen. My concern here is
that
> when I switch from using the TV UI to the desktop, it may pause the TV
output
> (I want to avoid this to maintain good recording quality).
>
> 2) Connect the TFT to the DVI connector and add a MCE Extender to the
> equation. Hook the LCD to the extender. Two users can now be accomodated
and
> thus the TFT can be the main screen for the video card. If I understand
MCE
> correctly, this would eliminate any possibility of the windows tasks
> disrupting the TV output stream. Plus the PC no longer needs to be located
> next to the TV. Downside is higher cost.
>
> Comments?
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