I wanna watch movies that are on my hardrive on my big TV, what do I need to buy?
 

I'm tired of watching movies on my monitor and want to watch it instead on my big TV. What devices do I need to buy make it happen. I prefer if it's wireless.

outputting it from yoru video card would be easiest.


edit: I didnt see the wireless comment. burn it to disc, lol.

it's that simple cable that goes out from your comp and has red and white connectors on the other end...

or a burner would do!!!!

Burn it to a CD?

your dvd player would have to be able to read your burnt dvds, some don't...

I don't think my DVD can read AVI files!

Use a modified xbox. It can read any file format.

buy one that does.
the philips is like $40
also.. get a handful of avi's/mpgs together and burn them to a dvd+/-r instead..
unless you don't mind going through cd-r's like water.

which phillips model?

dvp642.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...onics&n=507846

so that will read normal cdr's with avi/mpg files on it?

http://shopper-zdnet.com.com/Philips...-30959433.html

price seems to have gone up like $10-$20 since I got mine...

Any of my ATI cards that have had NTSC output usually don't display video files out to the TV unless you turn video acceleration off, which you don't want to do.

Personally, I have my modded xbox networked to my PC so I just fire up windows media center on the xbox and I can browse all the media on my PC hard drive, (pics, MP3's, video, etc.)

yes.. but as i said.. dvd-rs are just as cheap and hold a lot more shit..
which can come in handy when your avi is just a tad long and doesn't quite fit onto a cdr.. (happens quite often with full movies and such)

I have the phillips dvd player, works good on divx etc.

Anyone has the Linksys Dual Band Wireless A/G Media Centre?
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...369&pfp=BROWSE if you want to see it,

Seem to do what I want and more. Tho I find it a bit expensive!

plus don't you need the actual Media Center version of XP?
don't know if that's an upgrade/crossgrade or what compared to regular XP..
but looks like it's a requirement.

plus there's other things that do this.. but if i remember correctly they did it poorly.

I wouldn't know, I've never tried that device.

such as?

damn i gotta get me one of those phillips dvd players...cuz i get all these brand new movies for free online but my computer monitor is only like 15"...

Anyone know an alternative to the Linksys Dual Band Wireless A/G Media Centre?

I've got the linksys media center thing, and it's pretty nice. You just run a little server app on your windows box and tell it what directories to share.
Saves a lot on not having to burn tons of discs.

edit: actually the one I have is different from the one posted above
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...068&pfp=BROWSE

unless you have a media center already that extender is useless.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....&type=category

I bought a S-Video to A/V cable, tried to connect it in my video card but couldn't see any image on the TV. I spent a few long minutes doing this and reading the video card manual, then I put the cable away and forgot about it. :Oh crap

I'll try again when I'm very relaxed.

Just convert the format of the AVI to be readable on a regular DVD player.

http://www.svideo.com/compaq1700.html

http://www.svideo.com/displayvideo.html

IT WORKS! I love you.

Thank you very much.

:) :) :)

you need a tv out card.. I have a matrox myself...

Best $300 CAD I spent this year Alex !!

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...44&catid=22226

i didnt read the replies, so dont know if anyone already suggested this but radioshack has a converter so you can plug your pc to the tv, it's $99

I think the quality of my cable isn't great, the sound is not that good (I hear a noise), but I appreciate your help a lot :)

High-Definition Wireless Media Player with Progressive Scan DVD
http://www.buffalotech.com/products/...&categoryid=18

That's what I use, and it even plays WMV9 HD and Divx HD. The others don't, or didn't a few months ago when I got this one.

still watching.... lolz

:thumbsup

Nice Toy!

Could also wait for next generation TV like the one HP came out with.
Not sure about buying and HP TV though...but more manufactures are planning this most likely.

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/pr...ts/2005/cedia/

laptop with tv out..

Philips DVP642 Player ~ $70
Lite-On DVD-R/RW Drive ~ $45

Problem solved...

burn it in its regular .wmv or .mpg format and plop it on your dvd player.

Great quality no need for a dvd burner.

Get the terapin DVD player, it plays every format possible.
http://www.terapintech.com/index.php

Its $40 at any store.