Thanks for all the suggestions, gang. All I'm trying to do is find new video card that'll support some whatchamacallit acceleration (I can't remember :I ) on some version of OSX I'd wanted to upgrade to back in the day.
A Video Card to fully support a relatively current OSX version that'll run with stability on my G-4 466 DA is what I'm really after!
From eudimorphodon's post in the parallel thread over on 'fritter, it seems I should probably use a digital output on the card to drive an HDMI (?) input on the Digital TV. I should be looking for an HDTV with "computer settings" options that'll put ALL the native HDTV pixels output from a computer onscreen. He said some HDTV's lack these features and in correcting broadcast overscan problems of edge crud, they can loose the menubar and the other three edges when displaying a computer's output.
It also seems best that the card have RGB as I use now, or at least VGA output, to continue driving my current 21" Radius CRT as my primary monitor. I'd just be using the HDTV for things like slide shows, viewing digital photographs, graphics and such.
HDTVs I've seen seem to have plenty of analog inputs for my VCR & DVD. I won't be running the computer to decode any kind of video content, I don't even have a DVD drive in the G-4. I 'm a WiFi vagabond, so without any high speed online connection at home, running any offline video content is a null issue.
Thanks for the help so far, I'm just trying to tighten up the specifications of what I need for you to help me in this research project.
Thanks for all the great input so far!
jt
A Video Card to fully support a relatively current OSX version that'll run with stability on my G-4 466 DA is what I'm really after!
From eudimorphodon's post in the parallel thread over on 'fritter, it seems I should probably use a digital output on the card to drive an HDMI (?) input on the Digital TV. I should be looking for an HDTV with "computer settings" options that'll put ALL the native HDTV pixels output from a computer onscreen. He said some HDTV's lack these features and in correcting broadcast overscan problems of edge crud, they can loose the menubar and the other three edges when displaying a computer's output.
It also seems best that the card have RGB as I use now, or at least VGA output, to continue driving my current 21" Radius CRT as my primary monitor. I'd just be using the HDTV for things like slide shows, viewing digital photographs, graphics and such.
HDTVs I've seen seem to have plenty of analog inputs for my VCR & DVD. I won't be running the computer to decode any kind of video content, I don't even have a DVD drive in the G-4. I 'm a WiFi vagabond, so without any high speed online connection at home, running any offline video content is a null issue.
Thanks for the help so far, I'm just trying to tighten up the specifications of what I need for you to help me in this research project.
Thanks for all the great input so far!
jt