PC to HDTV ???'s

[Cobrajet]

I hope you get this solved, because that is very similar to the setup I will be working on (once I get my new PC back - power supply or motherboard fired within 24 hours!) I'm planning to run both my 24" monitor and my 46" TV off DVI ports, with audio supplied through the DVI port via a DVI to HDMI adapter and internal SPIDF connection from the motherboard to the video card. This may work with my current DVI to HDMI cable, but I doubt it.

Currently I'm running my monitor off VGA (through a KVM switch) and the TV through a DVI to HDMI cable (cheap from monoprice.com). I'm going to try upgrading the KVM to a DVI version, since I use my 24" monitor for work and play with a wireless keyboard and mouse (try making THAT work through a KVM switch!)

I don't run my TV in clone mode, so I'm not sure if that would be a problem with my setup, and I don't run video off the motherboard. In any case, my new PC will be totally different, and has the capability to run 2 (or 3) video cards in SLI mode.

OK, geek mode off. I don't really know half of what I am talking about. I just read the web and find somebody that has already worked out the bugs and do the same!

Good luck to both of us.

[nfpgasmask]

I still kinda don't understand the point of running a TV off a PC while at the same time running a regular monitor. So are you going to be doing like 2 things at once?

For instance, typing up threads on the VehiCROSS.info forum while at the same time watching My Bloody Valentine in 3D? I guess I just think you should build a dedicated system to hook up to the TV.

The only reason I can think of having 2 monitors, one of which is a big TV, is if you are doing video editing and you want to have an actual HD TV monitor to preview your edits. You might look at some forums/websites related to that. You may find an answer there. Since HD video is now pretty accessible for the average consumer, there is most likely someone out there using a PC with dual HDMI outputs so they can edit and preview HD video on a big screen.

Bart

[ZEUS]

I hear ya. It is a challenge for me as well - I don't totally understand what I am talking about either - I gotten used to that tho. My case is rather compact, it's a LAN/HTPC/ATX form factor type. Double graphics cards is going to be a tight fit, I beleive. I'm excited to step things up however and can't wait to get everything ordered and installed!

I hope you get this solved, because that is very similar to the setup I will be working on (once I get my new PC back - power supply or motherboard fired within 24 hours!) I'm planning to run both my 24" monitor and my 46" TV off DVI ports, with audio supplied through the DVI port via a DVI to HDMI adapter and internal SPIDF connection from the motherboard to the video card. This may work with my current DVI to HDMI cable, but I doubt it.

Currently I'm running my monitor off VGA (through a KVM switch) and the TV through a DVI to HDMI cable (cheap from monoprice.com). I'm going to try upgrading the KVM to a DVI version, since I use my 24" monitor for work and play with a wireless keyboard and mouse (try making THAT work through a KVM switch!)

I don't run my TV in clone mode, so I'm not sure if that would be a problem with my setup, and I don't run video off the motherboard. In any case, my new PC will be totally different, and has the capability to run 2 (or 3) video cards in SLI mode.

OK, geek mode off. I don't really know half of what I am talking about. I just read the web and find somebody that has already worked out the bugs and do the same!

Good luck to both of us.