I want to be able to hook my pc up to my hdtv and home theater system. I will only be using the tv and surround sound occasionally however. Most computing will be done on monitor and pc speakers. How/Can I hook up my pc to both things and switch between using them easily when I want. I don't want to have to be hooking and unhooking cables each time I want to game on my tv instead of the pc.
Can I have two monitors hooked up at once and easily change from one to the other as my primary one?
Can I have two sets of speakers hooked up at the same time and only use one?
I would like to hook my tv up via hdmi so I assume I could get any decent gpu and use a vga => hdmi hookup. Would I need a good sound card to hook up pc speakers AND my home theater system? I would want to use an optical connection if at all possible.
Any insight would be appreciated b/c I don't know much about pc's as I've always been a console gamer.
Thanks
Can I have two monitors hooked up at once and easily change from one to the other as my primary one?
Can I have two sets of speakers hooked up at the same time and only use one?
I would like to hook my tv up via hdmi so I assume I could get any decent gpu and use a vga => hdmi hookup. Would I need a good sound card to hook up pc speakers AND my home theater system? I would want to use an optical connection if at all possible.
Any insight would be appreciated b/c I don't know much about pc's as I've always been a console gamer.
Thanks