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Public Forum => Pc Help/Tweak Page => Topic started by: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 10:47:46 AM

Title: PC to TV cable
Post by: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 10:47:46 AM: To buy a pc to tv cable, is there any special one I should get, and also i have a 22" lcd fella for my room, will the picture be all distorted on that
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Hitman Smurf on March 29, 2008, 10:52:31 AM: Your going to have to be more specific....what exactly are you trying to do, hook your PC up to your TV?
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 10:56:49 AM: yeah sorry lol, i'm basically trying to watch like movies I have downloaded like DVDrips and things DivX vids on my tv from my pc
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Hitman Smurf on March 29, 2008, 11:00:07 AM: What kind of connections does your tv have? If it has a DVI your golden.
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 11:07:00 AM: I dont think I have one of those =(, i have vga, composite, component, and hdmi
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Hitman Smurf on March 29, 2008, 11:12:47 AM: If you have VGA you can get a DVI-to-VGA converter and use your old cable or another DVI cable. Thats the simplest solution.
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Hitman Smurf on March 29, 2008, 11:14:26 AM: Heres a link to newegg for one...$ 3.99 :-D

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814998101
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 11:19:33 AM: and could you maybe post a link of the other cable you were talking about =) i'm a big n00b
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Hitman Smurf on March 29, 2008, 11:24:32 AM: Quote from: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 11:19:33 AM
and could you maybe post a link of the other cable you were talking about =) i'm a big n00b

you mean a DVI cable like the one that came with your monitor? sure thing...noob.

Heres another option if you have two DVI's on your video card and an extra HDMI on your TV

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812120063
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 11:27:30 AM: well see i have a laptop is the problem lol so i didnt have one of those
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Hitman Smurf on March 29, 2008, 11:29:53 AM: Quote from: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 11:27:30 AM
well see i have a laptop is the problem lol so i didnt have one of those

Now you tell me...what type of output do you have from your laptop? Do you have a VGA or S-Video out?
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 11:36:33 AM: well ya see smurf...back to this n00bness thing, i do not know
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Hitman Smurf on March 29, 2008, 11:38:27 AM: Quote from: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 11:36:33 AM
well ya see smurf...back to this n00bness thing, i do not know

just tell me what lappy you have and I'll sort out a solution for you...if it's like mine it has a vga and s-video...then it's easy...we'll get you set up don't you worry.
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 11:39:58 AM: I have an hp pavillion dv5000
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Hitman Smurf on March 29, 2008, 12:19:45 PM: According to you user manual you have an S-Video out so I'd use that....

This one should be what you need

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812105817

You'll have to set up the dual display but when you plug it in it might detect it...if not let me know.
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 12:21:46 PM: thanks alot smurfzilla
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Hitman Smurf on March 29, 2008, 12:22:28 PM: Quote from: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 12:21:46 PM
thanks alot smurfzilla

No problem.

(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb162/panzersmurfcoh/smurf1.jpg) Smurf
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 03:12:40 PM: so new development lol, i think that i do have a vga port, it is right next to my s-video one, it just doesnt have the two screws...does that make it not one lol it has the 15 pin and they match all the pictures just without the screws
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Hitman Smurf on March 29, 2008, 04:18:12 PM: Quote from: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 03:12:40 PM
so new development lol, i think that i do have a vga port, it is right next to my s-video one, it just doesnt have the two screws...does that make it not one lol it has the 15 pin and they match all the pictures just without the screws

No, it just means it doesn't hold itself in....mine is the same way.
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 04:49:53 PM: so with that good news, i should get the dvi to vga converter, plug that into my vga port, then get a cable to plug into my tv?
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Hitman Smurf on March 29, 2008, 05:53:46 PM: You need a VGA (or S-video) to whatever input your using on your TV
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 08:01:16 PM: awesome, you are the man, I'm giving u as much karma as I can haha

seriously tho thanks alot
Title: Re: PC to TV cable
Post by: Hitman Smurf on March 29, 2008, 10:45:46 PM: Quote from: Elite_Prophet on March 29, 2008, 08:01:16 PM
awesome, you are the man, I'm giving u as much karma as I can haha

seriously tho thanks alot

no prob...thats what I'm here for. :-D