hi all, a question, can i use a rear projection tv for flight sim 2002 ,when a graphics card says tv out can this be used via pc screen though a tv and would the picture be good say on a 40 inch tv.thanks dodger.

You could try it, but the thing about TV's is that the technology is very different next to a computer monitor. While a TV is made for smooth motion video, a computer monitor is made for accuracy. The max you could get out of a TV is 640x480x30fps & 60Hz refresh. I have hooked FS2002 and FS9 to a 32" RCA TV before, scenery looks pretty good, but its extremely hard to read text. You can use 800x600 or 1024x768 with a TV, but I think the videocard will downsample it to 640x480, meaning text would be even harder to see. You should try it though and see what you think.

hi zack, i will look into it a bit more , it seems that it would be down to the graphics card , thanks for the help, roger.

I've tried a Radeon AIW 8500 with a Toshiba HD 1080i using component video inputs and I can tell you to forget about text. On a 17" monitor, 1080 x 724 looks OK. On a 36" TV it looks very coarse. You can read it, but don't expect it too look like a monitor. So I wouldn't spend a bunch of money on a nice card; it won't make any difference with your TV. A better plan would be to find a used projector designed for PC's.

hi dennis, thanks for the help i will look into the projectors and give that a try, regards roger.