Gravy_Dave
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Sacramento, CA | [Connectivity] T.V. as a monitor
How would I go about hooking up a tv for a monitor? Have a GeForce 6200 video card. |
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Johkal
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gar187er
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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... |
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Gravy_Dave
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Sacramento, CA | reply to Johkal
All of the usual audio and video outputs. |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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Morty
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join:2004-09-18 | reply to Gravy_Dave
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). |
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DreamWraith
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perhaps this should be moved to »Computer Hardware Discussion/Reviews |
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Please send me an instant message if you want the thread moved.
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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
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