Riddle me this. (I'm assuming 'advanced' PC users only need read this.)

Discussion in 'Silicon (v)Alley' started by need2knowbases, Apr 16, 2011.

  1. Okay, so, because I'm poor and can't afford my own shit, running hand-me down PCs constantly and have no monitor, so I use my TV with an S-Video cable instead. Shit looks decent enough, although much better resolution on a monitor. My weird problem is that every time I add new hardware, or play a video on YouTube (actually, while it is loading the page), my screen flickers. (Picture the tracking being off on a VCR, that's what it does) for a few seconds. Not the worst thing in the world, but it can't be good for my TV, so I'm wondering if anyone can decipher why this may be.

    My videocard is an NVidia GeForce 7300GS
    TV is a standard new-ish (2006) tube TV.
     
  2. #2 nnewkirk, Apr 16, 2011
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    How big is your tv? Your graphics card and tv are trying to work together and are automatically adjusting the resolution which is where you are getting the flicker. If you have a vga port on the tv you might want to try that with some audio cables for sound or if the tv has hdmi you can get a dvi to hdmi and use a vga/dvi adapter on it.
     
  3. The resolution isn't changing, though. I still stay in 1024x768. It's 32", no HDMI or anything, it's a standard def TV.
     
  4. Dude everyone's screen flickers. If it happens every single time you make a change to your settings thats weird. But if its not everytime, and its not making any weird noises, I wouldnt worry about it too much.
     
  5. #5 Fëanor, Apr 16, 2011
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    The display properties are changing even if it's not the resolution.

    A normal monitor handles those changes much better, but a tube TV is not meant for that sort of rapid on-the-fly change. The TV just can't handle it.

    If you had an LCD or a plasma TV I suspect it would work fine.
     
  6. Exactly. I've seen these kinds of problems on tube TVs.
     
  7. Gotchya. I suppose if it really does hurt my TV to a breaking point I'll be forced to upgrade. Thanks all.
     

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