Connecting to a TV in Europe

[DonWilliams]

Can anyone assist in helping me connect my US computer to a French TV to show pictures? The French have a different TV standard than we do and I have no idea what to do

TIA Don

 

[rvnguy]

Us standard is NTSC ...National Television System Committee.

Europe standard is PAL...Phase Alternating Line.

A TV interface card has one or the other or possibly both.

Solution is to get a card that supports PAL if yours does not.

rvnguy
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[DonWilliams]

I have a laptop with a NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 video card I have not been able to determine if this card supports both PAL and NTSC. If any one has information it would be appreciated.

don

 

[rvnguy]

A quick look and found that this "video" card suports DVD, HD, and streaming video playback. No mention of this being a "TV Card".

Have you had the TV capability in the US?

TV meaning not a pre processed HD digital signal, but over the air or other normally analog sources where you would require a TV card with receiver. It is this receiver that must be PAL compatible.

Could not find that your NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 video card has TV receiver capabilities.

rvnguy
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[DonWilliams]

I am sorry to mislead you. I was not trying to watch broadcast TV. I was trying to show photographs from my hard drive using a PAL TV as the monitor so I would have a larger screen. Examp;e. I will be in Paris and wish to show a friend photos taken in the the US on her TV rather than on the monitor on the laptop

Again did not mean to mislead you.

Don

 

[rvnguy]

That is different.....

Does your video card have a TV out connector? usually is a single RCA port?

As NVidia actually does not make cards, only chipsets for others, it will depend on if the card mfg has provided a TV out and then if it is switchable between NTSC and PAL. Check your card & mfg.

If no joy there, see the link, not real cheap but you decide.

http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/PC-TV_video_adapter.html

rvnguy
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[DonWilliams]

Thank you, I was afraid that was going to be the answer. I have a Dell laptop, but I am not confident that I can get a straight answer from them. Sooo here we go.

 

[felixc]

- make sure your laptop has a TV out capability.
- ask your friend if his TV set is "multistandard". Many sets in Europe, particularly in France, are Multistandard. Because there are several flavors of PAL.
- France is using the SECAM modulation scheme. Not PAL. I am not aware of PCs in our market that output SECAM. This is why I asked about your friends TV capability for multistandards.

 

[DonWilliams]

Thanks, I was aware of the use of SECAm in France. I will ask my friend if the TV has the capability of multi standards. If not, quess I'l just usse the laptop monitor