PC>TV question

[Ben]

What lead do i need to be able to connect a PC to a LCD?

Any gen?

[Stuart]

depends what connections the LCD has and what the PC has...

if the PC just has a normal VGA connector then your LCD needs one too
if the PC has a DVI connector and the LCD "should" ahve one too, you get DVI-> DVI

I think you can get DVI-> vga convertors though to make life a little easier.

[Nick]

As stuart says... it depends on a few things.

Are you wanting to use it as a 2nd Monitor ? If so you'l have to look at what spare out-put you have on your graphics card. Most likely it'l be the DVI output that's spare unless you have a pretty snazzy new primary monitor !

Then it depends what your LCD TV has, most of them should have both a DVI and a VGA.

So, just get the lead to suit. You can get DVI-DVI, VGA-VGA, DVI-VGA, VGA-DVI.

Expect to pay about ?20 for the lead from maplins though...

Edit - Try keep it DVI-DVI if possible, it'l give you the best picture quality - which is pretty important on an LCD TV as they're usually pretty pants resolution .

[Mazz]

I've just contected mine with a VGA > VGA lead. Just make sure the TV hasa PC input

[chimp007_uk]

i have an S-Video port on my laptop so i use that, picture quality isn't bad and ideal for watching films and clips etc.

[Matt2107]

i have an SVA port on my laptop so i use that, picture quality isn't bad and ideal for watching films and clips etc.

Porn you mean. lol

[chimp007_uk]

Porn you mean. lol :roll: lol

i usually download "copies" of films i "already own" and then just switch to the sva output and watch them on the tele with the surround sound.

[Matt2107]

That's what I'd be watching on my 37" if I link my laptop to it. :D

[chimp007_uk]

haha, i still need to collect those bloody wings off you! i'm fe?king useless. will sort it out this week!

[Ben]

Had a little look,

TV has 3x HDMi inputs, 2x Scarts, and a set of 3 phono inputs,

PC already has a 21" monitor using the dvi i would imagine, cant get to the back yet to see what else it has.

[Ben]

Just looked at the tower and it does have dvi but as i suspected this is used for the 21", does have 2x S video ports so could i use one of these

or

The monitor has 2 inputs, the DVI and a VGA, could i use the VGA port on the monitor instead of the DVI to free up the DVI port on the tower?

[Nick]

Yer free up to DVi port on the tower.

And then use a DVi - HDMi cable for the TV

a Monitor will be totally fine on VGA. LCD tv's tend to be alot worse resolution than a normal PC monitor, so use the better DVI output for that.