Snag wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Snag wrote:
I'm tryin' to assemble diverse pieces into a sorta-kinda media
center . One of those pieces is a computer , Intel D865PERL MoBo
with ATI 9600 series video card . The video looks great on a VGA
monitor but ain't so great on my TeeVee . I'm hooked up with an
s-video cable straight off the card into the TeeVee , and the
picture is B&W for all practical purposes . Drivers and all are
up-to-date .
Possibly.
I'm wondering if it's just a cheap cable , it's one my son got with
another device . Got an adapter (s-vid male/rca female) that I'll
try since I was too late to cancel the order (didn't know son had
cables ...) .
It may be wired for a different application.
The video card (ATI Radeon 9600/9550/1050X series) is intended for just
this type of application . That's where I'm plugged .
I was talking about the cable, not the card.
Another option is the DVR I hooked up yesterday . It has an
ethernet port and recognized my network . Only problem is that the
menu didn't show the network options it's supposed to have when
hooked to a network . I'd really rather stream from my in-house
servers thru the DVR , cuz that's one less device in my living room
. Doing it that way will also let me stream stuff like netflix onto
my TeeVee ...
The DVR probably needs an IP address assigned for it to work with
your network.
It's set to auto-detect , the router assigned an IP address (192.168.1.104)
and had all the proper entries for subnet mask and all that , but the
network options don't come up when I press the "menu" key .
That doesn't mean that the DVR can access it. All it means is that the
router SEES something connected to 192.168.1.104.
There are a lot of complaints about this problem with DVR and BlueRay
players. Check the menus in the DVR and make sure its configured for a
network, including the network name.
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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
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