TV as Computer Monitor - Comments Page 7

I´ve successfully connected my laptop to the TV and have got sound and visual. But the colours seem to have to low resolution.There are no "middletones" of colours. I cant find anywhere to change this (besides the controlpanel of the desktop and ATIs controlpanel). Any idea? Or have I missed something?

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Windows Control Panel is the right place to change the video settings. Try adjusting the Color Quality settings.

hiya there, I am just wondering if this is the right item to do this with. I have a toshiba laptop & are going to cable it up to a 40 inch sony HD television.
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/5748579/Belkin-PRO-Series-VGA-Cable-5-m/Product.html

How good will the computer output look on a 50" HDTV? What resolutions can it handle? Do all graphics cards have DVI or HDMI outputs?

Hi, I have a cable which is a "VGA to RGB".. So what I'm trying to do is hook up my ACER laptop VGA monitor out to my Panasonic 32 TV RGB inputs.. But all I get is a screen of scrabbled images. I can see some of my laptops desktop images which are scrabbled up.. So my question is... Am I missing another piece of equipment? The Salesman at "Micro Center" said that this was all I needed..

I am having a lenovo T-61 laptop, it does not have S video out pin, it has got only vga out and USB out. I want to connect my laptop to a TV which is a CRT TV which has RCA pins as input. I am not able to get to know I do I connect my laptop to my TV. Kindly advice.

i hooked my new hp slimline to my new toshiba theater view hd tv and i get the desktop and everything but about 1/4 of the left side is cut off. it doesnt fillout the screen either.. P.S. it is hooked up correct!

EDITOR'S NOTE: You may need to try different resolutions, or even a different video card.

Hello..My husband is wanting to hook up our computer to a 19 inch rca tv so we can use it for our monitor ( It's about 4-5 years old..How do we do this? Your help would be very appreciated..Thank you

EDITOR'S NOTE: I'm wondering if you read the article... If the television is not HD, you'll be disappointed in it as a computer monitor.

I have got picture inblack and white can you please help

Ever heard of Popcorn Hour? It seems that "media tanks" are strictly for playing previously downloaded media on your tv rather than the computer, but NOT for using your tv as a monitor. The Popcorn Hour uses a wireless device to make this easier... is there anything like that for what you are talking about? Anything out there to wirelessly convert your hdtv to a monitor for a computer in the same room? If you wanna come over and hook me up before Christmas, i may hook you up with a snickers, a cup of coffee, AND a few tennis lessons:)

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, Virginia... there is a technology Santa Claus! You can transmit an HDMI signal wirelessly, but the solutions on the market are not cheap. See this article from Home Entertainment Magazine: http://www.hemagazine.com/node/Wireless_HDMI

My new HDTV lcd tv has the 15 pin vga pc input. When I connect to my computer it displays NOT SUPPORTED FORMAT. ??

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?