TV as Computer Monitor - Comments Page 14

Q.Excuse my incompetence,i have purchased a S/VGA cable to S/VGA. i take out my original monitor plug to place in the S/VGA plug and then connect it to the VGA port in the TV, on the screen it displays no signal, where do i go from here?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Did you try rotating through the inputs, using your remote?

I want to connect my pc to my LCD tv but would like to know if the length of the cable would affect the picture quality???

EDITOR'S NOTE: What kind of cable are you planning to use?

I have a dell laptop with a monitor output. I have a sylvania lcd with S-Video input. What do I need to use the lcd tv as second monitor?

EDITOR'S NOTE: You need a VGA to S-Video adapter.

I have a 3d Fuzion 6200 LE graphics card in my PC
I have that connected to my Monitor through DVI ports and to the TV through S-Video to RCA
When i power up the PC, i can view it on the monitor and the TV till the BIOS shows up, then the TV goes blank.
I even changed the power supply from 350 watts to 500 watts thinking that could be the problem, but still the same. I can either view it only on the monitor or then the TV
Is there any changes to be done in the display driver to view it on the TV and the Monitor at the same time

i have actually just recently done this to a computer at my home and there are some thing that you can do for the display driver. For one, I have found that "some" computers have to boot up with the new monitor/tv plugged in to get its drivers straight. Just a personal observation. Also, expecially with vista as it semi-limits your display use after first initial set up, you can go to to your video cards driver page. You get there under display settings "settings" tab and click advanced. After that you should be able to see a tab for your particular card, and can use it to open its control panel. Settings galore in here though, so be careful and don't play with anything that your not sure of what it does. Using windows display I could get it to extend my desktop to my TV, but if i would say not to do that, it would eliminate my tv and give me no signal. So I used that work around and it works great now. Still have semi-fuzzy screen on my HD though with S-Video to S-Video. May need a better cable.

Hello
I just moved to Spain and brought my Toshiba laptop with me that I bought in the US. Now, in Spain, I bought a 40 inch lcd Sony television. I tried to hook up the laptop to to tv witha SVGA monitor cable and when I reboot my computer, the television showed the windows symbol as it booted up, then afterwards displayed a message saying, "signal not accepted." Are American laptops incompatible with European television sets? Thanks!

EDITOR'S NOTE: It could have something to do with PAL vs. NTSC, but I wonder if you set the TV to the proper input signal using the remote?

I have a vga and an hdmi connection on my dell studio laptop. I am trying to connect it to my tv. I do not have an hd tv though. The tv also doesn't have an s-video port. I would like to try to connect it to the 3 rca ports on the tv. How do I do this. PLEASE HELP!!!! THANKS!!!

EDITOR'S NOTE: You'll need either a VGA-to-RCA adapter, or an HDMI-to-RCA adapter.

I have 2 HP laptops (XP & Vista), both with 7-pin S-video out ports. I have two 7-pin S-video to composite (RCA) adapters to connect to the TV, but neither computer will recognize the TV as being connected with either adapter. I made sure the TV was on and set to the proper line input before starting the computer, but display settings does not "see" the 2nd display (once I hit Apply, it goes back to 1st monitor only). Pressing the [fn] + [f4] keys to switch displays gets me a "display not detected" error.

I'm wondering, could the problem be in my adapter? I'm not sure if the adapters I have are for Mac and not a PC, or if there would be a difference. The adapter I'm using is only about 6" long, and needs a composite video extension cord. Could that be the problem? Please help?!

I was just reading your article on using the TV as a computer monitor. However, your article makes everything seem pretty straight forward, which it isn't. Please forgive me if I am ignorant of something I might missed. My sense is that new TVs which have the DVI or HDMI hookup, also require what is being referred to as the HDCP handshake. TV manufacturers have implemented a specific requirement for compliance "with the EIA-861 standard and is not intended for use with personal computers". The implication being that TVs complying with EIA-861 standard are not intended for use with PCs. As best as I have understood it (finding it out the hard way as I did) this compliance requirement is some kind of hardware DRM protocol which ensures that the TV will display a variety of audio-visual signals from various transmission sources e.g. DVD players, audio receivers etc. But the TV will not successfully receive transmissions from a PC. And if it does it will display at very low resolutions i.e. VGA. It would be great if you can clarify this because I have not found it quite as straight forward as you have described it. I am still looking to find a work around this handshake problem. There are highly technical explanations on the net which talk about bypassing the handshake illustrated with algebraic examples/expressions.

EDITOR'S NOTE: My understanding is that the HDCP problem only comes into play when you are sending "high value encrypted content" such as copyrighted movies from the PC to the TV. I hooked up a brand new 42-inch Hitachi TV to my PC via the HDMI interface, and it worked fine, even at the higher resolutions.

I have a Samsung LCD TV that I want to use as a monitor. The instruction manual says that it can be used as a pc monitor. Do I need different cables, as it says that it cannot be supported when I just plug it in. Am a computer novice so simple explanation needed please

EDITOR'S NOTE: What outputs on the PC and inputs on the TV are you using?