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Gravy_Dave
join:2006-02-21
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[Connectivity] T.V. as a monitor

How would I go about hooking up a tv for a monitor? Have a GeForce 6200 video card.

Johkal
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What connectors are available on the TV?

gar187er
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join:2006-06-24
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your GPU needs to have a S-video output....or your card could have an HDMI connection which I doubt it does, but if it would youd need a new LCD or similar with a HDMI connection...
Gravy_Dave
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All of the usual audio and video outputs.

Johkal
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Just use the S-vid. In your video cards properties, you will see the option to use a TV as a monitor. Pretty simple.

fegul
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Svideo out to the TV then, and then use the Nvidia software to fine tune the display on the TV
ihaddsl
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said by gar187er:

your GPU needs to have a S-video output....or your card could have an HDMI connection which I doubt it does, but if it would youd need a new LCD or similar with a HDMI connection...
or a DVI to HDMI cable, which are readily available. Many cards these days have DVI ports, and most (all?) HD TV's sold in the past 2 years or so have a DVI or HDMI port. Much better quality & resolution than SVideo

Morty7
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You have to use a form of HDTV for it to work well (DVI etc), if you just use s-video everything will be unreadable on it. Go for an LCD tv, it will work out (cause I use a 32" lcd tv on one of my computers).

DreamWraith
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perhaps this should be moved to »PC Hardware

Sunny
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Please send me an instant message if you want the thread moved.

»Site FAQ »IMs and Privacy

In the meantime, you might want to browse the forum DreamWraith suggested. A quick search brought up two topics in that forum which might be of interest to you.

»Can you use a TV as a default monitor?

»TV Monitor