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Originally Posted by ericschand
I'm assuming you have a LCD or plasma HDTV?
Does your computer have two video out (ie. two video cards,
or one video card that supports two monitors?) If so, you're
ok. If not, you need a second video card. You could do it
with your primary card, but it'll be a PITA.
Most any card will do, you don't need a major video card to do it.
I do agree with Vulcan that if money isn't an object, since you are
buying a video card, might as well make it a good one with HDCP
compliance for future use. My laptop has some mobile POS Intel
video, and it works fine.
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I agree probably any video card will work but not very well for 1080p movies. The Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2600xt can be bought for $79.99. The other cards I mentioned are more high end, also good for gaming. Other cheaper cards such as the 8600GT, 8500, 2600 pro, and 2400 series cards will also work depending on your processor's power. He should try with what he's got. Some on board video will even decode 1080p but he may not need 1080p or 720p as his movies may be in SD.
It's pretty hard to say what he needs without him giving us more information about his TV, his computer and the movies he wants to watch.