# Recommendations on video out card

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-on-video-out-card/81474>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 13, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-on-video-out-card/81474 "2001-09-13T22:56:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![wooba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@wooba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wooba)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-on-video-out-card/81474/1 "2001-09-13T22:56:47Z")

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Can anyone recommend a video card (or add-on card) to output video to a TV. I want to be able to watch Mpegs, AVIs & DVDs from my computer on a TV. It would be a bonus if could output NTSC & PAL.

Thanks…

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**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-on-video-out-card/81474/2 "2001-09-14T00:56:12Z")

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many different cards have this feature – its not so much the chipset on the card (GeForce 3 for example) but if the company building the card with that chipset on it supports that option.

I currently have a card that supports a S-video cable output to a television.

It should be noted that many OS and video cards do not support the use of both the TV out and the normal computer monitor at the same time.