Can anyone help me with TV resolution and an nVidia FX5500?

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VGA, S-Video and HDMI, but I do not have an HDMI cable long enough to reach over to the TV. But unless I need the 1080p, whatever that is, rather than the 1080i of Component Video at the TV, I would think that would not matter.

if quality matters spring for a hdmi cable, vga is just as expensive, unfortunately it is true that s video is limited in resolution (not excactly, there are multiple factors but in 90% cases 480p is all that can be reached)

Using a Grandtec GXP-2000 to convert VGA to Component Video, my TV picture is much better now than with S-Video, but the converter has a programmed list of resolutions it sends out, and 1240 x 768 is its highest that does not go way past my TV's native resolution ...

... and since the converter does whatever it does without seeming to care what resolution I send to it, I cannot force a custom resolution straight on through to the TV. Its picture is decent at 1240 x 768, but it is still a bit "fuzzy" and I cannot read stuff in a browser window from any more than about three feet away. So, I am still looking for 1366 x 768 like I used to have (1360 x 768, actually) from a Dell notebook and its built-in Intel video output after using PowerStrip to set a custom resolution. That was a good picture.

It looks like I am going to have to go to Radio Shack and try to get an education about HDMI connectors! I have several short HDMI cables with the large white connectors for monitors here, but I cannot find even one of those on eBay while looking for a longer one (12') I cannot find there! Rather, I can only find "HDMI to DVI", and then I assume there is an adapter back to "large white" or whatever that kind of end is called. But if I can find an inexpensive HDMI coupling somewhere, maybe I can just couple my existing cables together and reach the TV.

Update: I have found the HDMI cable I need (and at a nice price) after learning the connecter is 18-pin DVI.