nataliew2
October 12th, 2005, 08:49 PM
Hello! I was wondering if there was a way to use a TV for a monitor without buying the Media Center PC? Thank you!! Nataliew2;)
zipulrich
October 12th, 2005, 09:49 PM
Yes, if you have a graphics card with TV-out. What card do you have installed?
nataliew2
October 12th, 2005, 10:29 PM
I have an Intel Extreme Graphics controller. What kind of card would you recommend? Thanks so much for your help!! :blush:
Natalie
Fred10,000
November 3rd, 2005, 08:06 PM
Hi Nata,Somewhere(haha) there's a program that you can dld to do this. Enter it on google or your search engine. Download.com might have it. I'm sure that hook up instructions are included also. Hope you find it. HAGD,Fred
oracle128
November 4th, 2005, 06:07 AM
Getting the software for this setup is no problem; Windows and the display drivers are adequate for connecting one or more displays, whether they be computer monitors or TVs makes no difference. The real issue is in getting the PC to connect to the TV - your PC may output either RGB or DVI (or both), but depending on your graphics device , it may also have TV Out (integrated graphics chips such as your usually don't have either DVI or TV Out).
If your graphics card/chip has TV Out, it will have a small round S-Video-type plug on the back, and would have come with a short adaptor to convert the S-Video-type plug between standard S-Video, Composite (single RCA jack, usually yellow), and possibly component video (three RCA jacks, usually blue green and red).
The other part of this issue is what type of inputs your TV has - most widescreen TVs have either DVI or RGB input, or both. Either of these can easily be connected to regular PC output (since DVI is easy to convert to RGB and vice-versa). If your TV has neither of these, and your current graphics controller doesn't have TV output, you will need to buy a graphics card with TV output (or the more expensive solution, a TV with RGB/DVI inputs).