inGearX
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|  Help - how to connect this TV to PC?
how would you got about connecting this 47" Philips LCD 1080p HDTV - 1920 x 1080p @ 120Hz, HDMI 1.3
»www.samsclub.com/shopping/naviga···atg=5883
to Dell PowerEdge 420 PC? (2.8GHz, 1GB RAM)
For audio and HDTV video playback
Do I need to get like a HDMI PCI card?
Or a PCI card that can support 3D at 1920 x 1080p @ 120Hz?
(like some found here »www.google.com/products?q=PCI+19···&show=li )
I never had a HDTV, let alone connect it to a PC...so please help me... |
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Flippant
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| There are many ways to do it, I have a PC that is for my Home theater. I connected a DVI to VGA cable since I had a VGA input, I could have gotten a DVI to HDMI converter and gone that route. If I were you I would go this way for better video image.
For sound I got an audio card that supported 7.1 and used an optical cable to my Home Theater receiver. Great sound, adequate video. I could do better on the video but do not see the need for a host of reasons.
If you are only going to play the sound through two TV speakers you do not have to get too fancy on the audio, you could just simply plug a couple analog R/L cable and go to the TV with that. I really do not see the need for a great audio signal to TV speakers. But there are many other ways to do it. Depends on what you are trying to accomplish. |
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wings10
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What type of videocard do you have?
Anyway the simple solution would be the the DVI to VGA as Flippant mentioned. And then just use a mini cable for audio. You should have a mini input next to the VGA input for audio.
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Vchat20
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Just to clarify: The best connection you can really use is a VGA connection if your television has it. More often than not the VGA connection will give your PC direct access to the actual panel, bypassing the scaling processor in the set. Your PC will see and use the actual native resolution of the panel.
HDMI on the other hand will ALWAYS run through the image processor on the set and you will be limited to normal HD resolutions being 640x480i/p, 1280x720p, and 1920x1080i/p.
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inGearX
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thank you all - but seems that this TV doesn't have a VGA input
did they stop making HDTVs with this option??
because this one doesn't have it
»www.samsclub.com/shopping/naviga···atg=5883
nor does this one
»www.samsclub.com/shopping/naviga···atg=5883
hmmmm |
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wings10
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South Elgin, IL | Then you can go DVI if your videocard has it to HDMI.
If not then just a simple VGA to Video converter. About $40 at Tigerdirect.
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