using my tv as a monitor

wiwazevedo

wiwazevedo

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I'm going to be using a JVC crt tv as my monitor for the next few months. I know its not going to look very good but its what I have and I'm trying to make the best of it. The tv has the regular red white yellow inputs, it has s-video, and component video inputs. What would be the best way to hook up my computer to this for use as a monitor? I have a gtx 260 with 2 DVI outputs and an s-video. I have an s-video cable that I could connect to the tv. Would it look better if I tried to get an adapter for the dvi output? like if I found a dvi to component video adapter? and that would only work if the gtx 260 could output an analog signal right... well I guess what im asking is if you had a computer w/ a gtx 260 and this tv: http://www.support.jvc.com/consumer/product.jsp?modelId=MODL020660&pathId=74&page=1&archive=true how would you hook it up so it looked best?
 
i got an s video cable running from my 9800gt to my 32" sharp crt tv. looks fine. a little fuzzy, but its ok. i tried vga to yellow rca--didnt work. vga to component--didnt work. s video to component--didnt work. i was suprised when just an s video cable worked.
 
im going to use my 4 pin s video cable for now because the tv only has a 4 pin s video input. the gtx 260 has an hdtv-7 output so i ordered a 7pin s video to component video. waste of money? it was less than 5$ with shipping so i wont be too bummed. i figured it would look better than just running just a 4 pin s-video
 
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