Large LCD/Plasma TV Output

[jslowery]

I'm soon going to be starting on a little program that needs to output
tabular information to a large LCD or Plasma screen. Python is, of
course, my preferred language.

My first instinct is PyGame, which I have programming for a PC monitor
before.

Has anyone else had any experience with any Python libraries for large
TV displays?

[simonwittber]

js******@gmail.com wrote:

I'm soon going to be starting on a little program that needs to output
tabular information to a large LCD or Plasma screen. Python is, of
course, my preferred language.

My first instinct is PyGame, which I have programming for a PC monitor
before.

If all you want to do is use a normal video card output, pygame will
do just fine.

If you want to try some fancy effects (alpha blending, 3D transitions),
have a look at PyOpenGL, or another OpenGL based library. There are
lots of links on pygame.org.
-- Simon Wittber - http://www.entitycrisis.com/

[jslowery]

If you want to try some fancy effects (alpha blending, 3D transitions),

have a look at PyOpenGL, or another OpenGL based library. There are
lots of links on pygame.org.

I'm not looking for anything fancy. I guess my main concern is that
I've never really done any programming for fancy televisions and I was
a bit worry about resolutions, refresh rates, etc.