Connecting a G4 to a Philips 30" Widescreen HDTV

Question

I bought an ADC to DVI converter. I purchased a Monster DVI to HDMI cable, but nothing happens. Is this screen too big to work? My video card has an ADC and VGA connector. Maybe not enough VRAM? This is a secondary computer for the kids in the basement. For convenience, we want to hook it to the TV for space( No second monitor). Should I try to get an S-video adapter instead? Please advise

Answer 1

You will need to get an Airport Extreme Card for your G5 if you want it to be wireless. If you don't need it to be wireless the minimum you will need is an Airport Extreme Base Station (to keep the wired connection to the G5 and provide wireless to the G4) and an Airport Express.
The Airport Express is not a card! It is an external device that has an ethernet port. It is not common knowledge in some Apple stores but it can be used for older computers to join a wireless network that otherwise would require an obsolete card internally. To do this workaround requires a WDS network which means you have a main base station (either an Airport Express or Airport Extreme Base Station) communicating to remote stations to provide the wireless network to the older computers ethernet port.
Which part of the following paragraphs don't you understand?
AirPort Extreme and Express: Using WDS to create a network from multiple base stations
Using the wireless distribution system (WDS) feature, you can set up two to five base stations as a unified network that shares one Internet connection.
The base station that connects to your Internet service provider is the main base station. A remote base station connects wirelessly to the main station and extends (or "rebroadcasts") the wireless network to clients that are not in range of the main. (Like wired older computers)
AirPort Express and all AirPort Extreme base stations can use WDS. Earlier AirPort base stations can't.