hello all
ive documented my HTPC build
as you all know the components except for the soundcard are archaic and modest
it will remain that way till i upgrade them
however for now i face a problem
please help me solve it ,if it can
now
im running a mobo with no inbuilt graphics
the AGP slot i have is 2x (3.3v)
the dispaly card i have has only 1 output-
VGA
(though our deal friend Rahul aka gobble offered me a 2x/4x card with DVI and VGA outs unfortunately its not working-maybe it isint compatible on my mobo AGP)
now for my music listening i have sourced a 7 inch touch screen which works at 800*468 resolution
this solves my "music PC"
however obviously i cannot watch movies on a tiny monitor and hence i would also like to connect an LCD (26 inch)
the LCD in question has a VGA ,HDMI ,component inputs and the regular red yello white rcas
i have the following questions
Question1
Is there a way i can use some kind of vga splitter and connect my 7 inch touchscreen AND the lcd tv simaltaneously via that 1 VGA out on my display card
when im listening to music i would use only the 7 inch touch and when i watch movies i can increase the resoulution and use the lcd
is this possible ?
how?
any splitter?
Question2
can i switch between the PC display and my regualr Hathway cable(connected via red white yellow component) easily using the tv remote on the LCD
(this might me a duh question to most but you ee im used to a CRT which has only 1 input so i dont know if this is possible in our new LCD's)
i have tried sourcing graphics cards with 2 outputs however i find that the new ones availble willnot be compatible with my mobo.
Used cards that might be compatible are hard to come by ( morever i dont think the compatible ones mayevenhave 2 outputs! )
please help on the above queries
ive documented my HTPC build
as you all know the components except for the soundcard are archaic and modest
it will remain that way till i upgrade them
however for now i face a problem
please help me solve it ,if it can
now
im running a mobo with no inbuilt graphics
the AGP slot i have is 2x (3.3v)
the dispaly card i have has only 1 output-
VGA
(though our deal friend Rahul aka gobble offered me a 2x/4x card with DVI and VGA outs unfortunately its not working-maybe it isint compatible on my mobo AGP)
now for my music listening i have sourced a 7 inch touch screen which works at 800*468 resolution
this solves my "music PC"
however obviously i cannot watch movies on a tiny monitor and hence i would also like to connect an LCD (26 inch)
the LCD in question has a VGA ,HDMI ,component inputs and the regular red yello white rcas
i have the following questions
Question1
Is there a way i can use some kind of vga splitter and connect my 7 inch touchscreen AND the lcd tv simaltaneously via that 1 VGA out on my display card
when im listening to music i would use only the 7 inch touch and when i watch movies i can increase the resoulution and use the lcd
is this possible ?
how?
any splitter?
Question2
can i switch between the PC display and my regualr Hathway cable(connected via red white yellow component) easily using the tv remote on the LCD
(this might me a duh question to most but you ee im used to a CRT which has only 1 input so i dont know if this is possible in our new LCD's)
i have tried sourcing graphics cards with 2 outputs however i find that the new ones availble willnot be compatible with my mobo.
Used cards that might be compatible are hard to come by ( morever i dont think the compatible ones mayevenhave 2 outputs! )
please help on the above queries