Thursday, March 12, 2009

Is there a way to hook my computer up to my TV? My work has it, and there TV

"so instead of a computer screen, I just use my television screen."



It depends on your computer and TV.





If your computer has DSUB/VGA out, you need:


* VGA/DSUB in on the TV


* a signal converter to convert dsub to component or HDMI





If your computer has HDMI/DVI out:


* the above two, if you use a DVI --> VGA adapter


* direct to HDMI/DVI





You can also use inferior technologies that limit the resolution to the TV. This isn't a problem if you don't have an HDTV, however.





S-Video and RCA will carry up to 800x600.





The most versatile option is the converter, but it's also the most expensive. unfortunately, it's required for older TVs that don't have HDMI or VGA.





If you have a desktop computer, upgrading the video card is a good option. Try to pick up a fairly inexpensive (~60 USD) nVidia card that supports CUDA. This means that the video card will help out with processing video streams. CoreAVC is a software based option if you're in need of some better performance on a low powered machine (like a netbook) for h.264 decoding (like watching Hulu at high resolutions, or most .mkv files).

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