HTPC video card for use with Sony Bravia X Servies TV

[Jase76]

Hello!

I have used the DVI -> HDMI from my Radeon X1600 Pro to connect to an X Series TV at 1080 and was less than impressed with the picture quality. Can any one offer suggestions as to what would be a decent video card for this purpose?

Cheers

[aeon]

Jase76 wrote:

Hello!

I have used the DVI -> HDMI from my Radeon X1600 Pro to connect to an X Series TV at 1080 and was less than impressed with the picture quality. Can any one offer suggestions as to what would be a decent video card for this purpose?

Cheers

You should be able to get as a good a picture out of the X1600 as you would any other card. Was it running at native resolution? It may also be worth trying a VGA connection. Was the image quality bad even on the desktop or only when showing video?

If you still want another card I'd look at an nVidia 7600GT.

[Jase76]

Thanks for your reply!

I was justing running the standard windows desktop in the native resolution 1080. Edges of text appeared blocky and some colours (such as folders) off colour. I changed the TV colour settings but these seemed to have minimal effect.

Am looking at a new card for the HTPC and agree with your recommendation

[Dougie085]

Definitely an Nvidia with the advance DeInterlacing and stuff. There are some 7XXX series that have HDCP DVI ports if your ever thinking of doing Blu Ray or HD-Dvd drives.