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Posted: January 10, 2009 01:38 am  | |||
      IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8    | Is there anything complicated for this or do you just need a few cables? We got a brand-new TV set so that shouldn't be an issue, I'd like to be able to manage this if I can.  --------------------  | ||
Posted: January 10, 2009 02:59 am | |||
 IRC Nickname: Hyperion Group: Ex-Member Posts: 1636 Member No.: 978 Joined: June 23, 2008 Total Events Attended: 141 | Yes it should be pretty simple. If you got the right tv. it should have an input for your computer. --------------------    Dragon boots:29 Whips:2 | ||
Posted: January 10, 2009 04:11 am | |||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 7306 Member No.: 47 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 343 | It's pretty common now though not sure if everyone else appreciate it.  -------------------- July 5, 2007 - June 27, 2011 | ||
Posted: January 10, 2009 04:47 am | |||
 IRC Nickname: Dnovelta Group: Emeritus Posts: 2750 Member No.: 130 Joined: January 20, 2008 Total Events Attended: 137 | Depends on the computer and TV. I've got a 26" Samsung HDTV and couldn't use it as an HD monitor for my old MacBook Pro so I had to go the VGA route. With the new one, I can use it via HD (HDMI). Check the TV first. It should be in the manual - mine had a note about how all of the TV of my model that were built after a certain date had a certain little difference, while those before couldn't. The difference was the use of the TV as an HD monitor for a computer. Other than that, it should be simple. If it has multiple HDMI ports, chances are only a specific one will allow you to use it as a monitor (mine is that way). Then it's just plugging things in. --------------------   | ||
Posted: January 10, 2009 08:43 am | |||
 IRC Nickname: Matt|Georgio9 Group: Emeritus Posts: 706 Member No.: 94 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 0 | Its a simple cable that you can pick up anywhere online for like $10. DVI-D to HDMI is what you need. Unless your TV has a VGA or DVI port build into already. Or you could go the S-video route if your computer and TV both support that. --------------------   | ||
Posted: January 10, 2009 01:43 pm | |||
 IRC Nickname: Ansatsublade Group: Emeritus Posts: 765 Member No.: 101 Joined: January 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 120 | I know It can be done, but it's NOT advised. Screens that stand still tend to hurt your TV. --------------------  | ||
Posted: January 10, 2009 02:44 pm | |||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 |
Then it'd be fine if I used it to play WoW?  -------------------- | ||
Posted: January 10, 2009 06:18 pm | |||
 IRC Nickname: Mickey Group: Emeritus Posts: 5305 Member No.: 48 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 282 | If your TV has a Monitor connection on it then that's all you need, but if you want a higher resoloution, you'll need a better graphics card, and a HD graphics card would e better for utilizing the resources of a HD TV. --------------------    | ||
Posted: January 10, 2009 08:43 pm | |||
 IRC Nickname: Kiwi011 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3052 Member No.: 40 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 21 | also the screen refreshrate might be different, my monitor is 5ms which is decent I think, im pretty sure tv's have a larger ms refreshrate. --------------------  | ||
TV as a computer monitor?