Anyone know stuff about TV-Out?

Post by **KingManULTRA** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:12 pm

When I use the TV-Out feature of my graphics card (Radeon 9600 Pro, was also an issue with my old nVidia card) I notice that there is a lot of flickering, even with the ATI control panel flicker removal set to maximum.

When I use a home console (PS2/GC/XBox) with my TV, there is no flickering, and even relatively small text is very easy to read.

Is there any way to fix this?

Post by **Tormentius** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 3:26 pm

Bad cable?

Post by **KingManULTRA** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 3:57 pm

Tormentius wrote:Bad cable?

I don't know where I got this cable from or what it's called.

It looks like this

Red/White/Yellow Connector (to TV [composite connectors])
------------->
Yellow Connector (to PC graphics card) + Black Connector (to PC sound card)

Where can I order one like this online that won't have interference?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:30 pm

my guess is refresh rate. Amidy might chime in on this.

Post by **KingManULTRA** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:49 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:my guess is refresh rate. Amidy might chime in on this.

Isn't the refresh rate always 60 hz on a NTSC TV?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:07 pm

i think 59.94Hz, but yep.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:20 pm

TV out is allways 60HZ....

King: could you actually videotape this happeneing for us to know a little more what is going on?

dosent matter the quality ( Cell phone, Digi cam Clip etc.. ) Just so we know what kind of "flickering"

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:25 pm

that's what i said... 59.94

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:27 pm

we'll i needed to chime about somthing!

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:30 pm

btw, is the cable running along any power cables? or speaker's/speaker cables?

when my S-video cable gets close to the power bar with my Media center, you Def get the Flickering/destortion.

Post by **KingManULTRA** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:04 am

AmIdYfReAk wrote:TV out is allways 60HZ....

King: could you actually videotape this happeneing for us to know a little more what is going on?

dosent matter the quality ( Cell phone, Digi cam Clip etc.. ) Just so we know what kind of "flickering"

Don't have anything to videotape. It basically looks like the type of flickering you get when a CRT runs at a low refresh rate.

It seems like making the image blurrier helps the flickering somehow, at the expense of overall image quality.

AmIdYfReAk wrote:btw, is the cable running along any power cables? or speaker's/speaker cables?

Don't think so.