How to hook up a tv as a monitor?

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How would you go about doing this? Do alot of people do this? I would think yes..huge screen..for a cheap price. But not sure.
 
well you can use an s-video cable if your video card has a port. there are also those tv's that use DVI i believe. there are also s-video to RCA cable converters. generally hooking up a tv to a computer isn't a great idea. ive done it before, and you need to set the resolution super low in order to be able to see anything at all. you can't see any of those small letters on a tv!
i suggest you use an HDTV or no TV at all.
 
Standard TV resolution is 720x480 interlaced. Computers are much higher, non-interlaced. Even at lower resolutions, after converting, the quality is quite bad. Now, if you went with an HDTV, things would be different...
 
The_Other_One said:
Standard TV resolution is 720x480 interlaced. Computers are much higher, non-interlaced. Even at lower resolutions, after converting, the quality is quite bad. Now, if you went with an HDTV, things would be different...
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Not to highjack this thread, but, would you guys think HDTV is better than a monitor (either CRT or LCD)?
 
fade2green514 said:
well you can use an s-video cable if your video card has a port. there are also those tv's that use DVI i believe. there are also s-video to RCA cable converters. generally hooking up a tv to a computer isn't a great idea. ive done it before, and you need to set the resolution super low in order to be able to see anything at all. you can't see any of those small letters on a tv!
i suggest you use an HDTV or no TV at all.
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Yeah thats cool. My video card has an s video cable, but my TV doesn't I think.
 
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