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trying to hook up computer to tv!!
Hi there,
Some one told me that if you have a s-video hookup on your computer and on your tv that you could hook up your computer to your tv. Now im not sure what procedure to use to do that. Is what my friend told me true or can you really? And if you can hook it up then what extent of computer use can you use on your tv. Any and all advice and help would be greatly apprchiated. Thank you for your time and patience on this matter. Have good day and thanks again. Carl |
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trying to hook up computer to tv!!
Carl,
Yes, it's true! However, you'll need a video card that has "TV Out". Hauppage makes them, ATI makes them, nVidia makes them. A trip to your local hardware shop should net you one. Some of them don't support S-Video, the only support RCA plugs. The better ones do support S-Video (and I believe the top of the line cards support component as well). If you go with S-Vid, be careful, you don't want to run the S-Video cable more than 10 feet or so. The picture degrades tremendously, although they do have signal boosters for such situations. As to the extent you can use your television with your computer...in effect, your television becomes your computer monitor. So whatever you can do with your monitor, you can do with your television. Beware, as the picture quality on the television does not rival the picture quality on the monitor most of the time. However, since most TVs are bigger than monitors, you can sit farther away, which is a great advantage. HTH. KB "Carl" wrote in message ... Hi there, Some one told me that if you have a s-video hookup on your computer and on your tv that you could hook up your computer to your tv. Now im not sure what procedure to use to do that. Is what my friend told me true or can you really? And if you can hook it up then what extent of computer use can you use on your tv. Any and all advice and help would be greatly apprchiated. Thank you for your time and patience on this matter. Have good day and thanks again. Carl |
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