PC to HDTV

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jakeh

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Hey,

I'm buying a Dell Dimension 9200 with a 768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card. I also have a new Sony Braviz 40" LCD HDTV that I would like to use as a moniter. It has a "tv in" RGB input, with 15 little holes. the manual for the tv says I need a HD15 cable, but will any cable wioth this name work? And will my graphics card work with this? And will the picture be all distorted cuz its a widescreen tv?

Hope someone can help,
Jake
 
The Hd15 female in, is a D-sub or VGA connection. You'd use your Graphics card, along with a DVI to VGA adapter, which probably came with the card, to hook up to a standard VGA cable, and that into the TV. The image will not be stretched as long as you set the resolution to the TV's native 16:9 resolution.
 
the TV doesn't have a HDMI port? I would use an HDMI to DVI cable to hook ur pc to your TV. that is what i do.
 
VGA is limited in resolution, use the component cables, a round connector which turns to the red, blue, green that plug into the monitor, you should get HD resolutions. Much better than VGA.
 
theresthatguy said:
the TV doesn't have a HDMI port? I would use an HDMI to DVI cable to hook ur pc to your TV. that is what i do.
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that would be best, I agree. I just figured he didn't have naught but the VGA.

ETSA said:
VGA is limited in resolution, use the component cables, a round connector which turns to the red, blue, green that plug into the monitor, you should get HD resolutions. Much better than VGA.
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Vga isn't limited on a PC monitor, how is it limited on a TV?
 
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