Re: MCE - HDTV Connection S-Video vs Component

I can only suggest that you try an S-Video connecton since the TV may do a
better job of upscaling teh 480 input from S-video then the your 6600 card
is doing.
By the way how much memory do you have on your 6600 card and do you know
what the spec of the memory is (such as 350 MHz of DDR memory)
"Carla" <Carla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks once again. I tried the other drivers but did get the same error
message.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks -

Carla

"JW" wrote:

That strange since the release notes for the 8412 driver specifically
state
that the driver supports all versions of the 6600 card.
You might try these 81.98 drivers instead but I suspect that you will get
the same error on installation but you might not.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxpmce_81.98.html


"Carla" <Carla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I went to the link. I read the download installation hints document &
followed the instructions - i.e., turning off virus protection &
uninstalling
the current driver. I could not find download accelerator on my laptop
so
was unable to turn that off as suggested.

I then downloaded the driver & received the following error message:

The NVIDIA setup program could not locate any drivers that are
compatible
with your current hardware. Setup will now exit.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

Thank you.

"JW" wrote:

Here is the link to the latest NVIDIA driver, Note: you can also
donwnload
the user's manual for the driver from thesame link.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_84.21.html


"Carla" <Carla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you for your prompt reply. I selected 720p from the driver
menu.
I
used the overscan compensation feature & was able to adjust the
screen
size -
thank you again.

I went to the NVIDIA webpage but was unable to find out any info on
an
update for the driver. I did not download the card - it was
installed
in
this laptop which was recently purchased.

Interestingly, prior to making the screen adjustment you suggested,
there
was a faint vertcal band that scrolled across the screen
horizontally.
Now,
there are horizontal lines that scroll vertically, in addition to
the
screen
going black for a second or 2 periodically. Would those issues be a
NVIDIA
problem & if so, how would I fix them?

Thanks once again for your help.





"JW" wrote:

Are you selecting "720p" from a driver menu or are you creating it
yourself
as 1280x720@60Hz?
Since S-Video is a480i image of your desktop it will definitly be
of
lower
quality then 720p component.
When using component your TV is overscanning (zooming in ) the
image
by
about
5% in order to emulate a a standard CRT TV. You have to apply
overscan
compensation using the NVIDIA drivers which underscans the
output(see
the
user's manual which you can download from the same NVIDIA Webpage
that
you
downloaded the latesd drivers for your 6600 card from) if
necessary.
This
enables your PC applications to be fully visable when the TV
overscans
them.
"Carla" <Carla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a Toshiba Qosimo G25 installed with MCE 2005 & Nvidia
GeForce
Go
6600.
It has out ports for component & S-video as well as RGB. I want
to
use
a
Sony Bravia HD LCD tv as a second monitor for PC applications as
well
as
DVD
playback. I reduced the resolution to 720 to resolve the
copyright
protection issue using the component video connection & was then
able
to
view
DVD playback on the tv. However, this adjustment produced the
following
unwanted consequences:

1. The display on the TV screen now has a faint vertical band
scrolling
horizontally & the screen periodically goes blank for a second or
so.

2. The desktop screen extends beyond the tv screen, leaving the
taskbar
unable to be seen as well as the top & outer side edges.

Reading documentation on MCE seems to suggest that S-video be
used
as
the
connection while the Toshiba user manual recommends component
video.

Would using S-video eliminate the problems listed above?
Additionally,
wouldn't that connection produce lesser quality video?

Thanks for any help.












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