use TV as my laptop monitor?
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no just its too much power! go ask a mechainic for the best answer! believe me, this happend to me, he told me all the right stuff!
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While connected to tv right-click desktop, go to properties, click the settings tab and fool around with the resolution and decide the best setting.  other than that all i can tell you is that unless you have a fantastic tv it won't look as good as the laptop's screen.
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If the PC has a TV card installed with S-video port then this is no problem. If not then connect via coax like mine.\nI have a freeview box connected to mine.\nJust change channels on the freeview but watch on the PC.
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You need a TV Tuner in your Computer to do it.  If you have an open PCI slot you can purchase one.
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LCD TV is for u. Or u can just buy any regular computer LCD and attach an external TV Tuner box to it.
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Possible, yes.\nAll you need is A/V outputs on your TV which I'm sure you have and a graphics card that has A/V inputs.  There are many out there.\nAnd of course the cables to connect the two.
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ive seen something called a SLINGBOX. ive seen them in electronic stores. you could watch tv anywhere on your laptop for free.
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There are plenty of choices out there. A good one is ATI TV Wonder for desktops and TV Wonder USB2 for both laptops and desktops. u can find a review here http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/wonderusb/\nand most electronic retailers (Circuit City, Best Buy, etc) carry it. Ebay is also good.
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Yes but you need to make sure your computer supports DVI-D. The way to tell this is to look at the back of your computer and look for a input that is all white. Then from there go out to the store (Best Buy, Circuit City, Frys etc) and get your self a DVI cable that will connect your LCD TV to your PC. Make sure you turn off your computer before doing this as it does take a hard boot or reboot to get this done. It will automatically find the cable, and with your TV on you will be able to use your LCD TV as a display monitor.
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you need a tv tuner card, if you dont have one install one or you can get an external card that allows you to have the computer recieve satellite signal.   heres a good link on the explanation of the external tv tuner:  http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/external-pc-tv-theor/index.html
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Funny, because I just did some research on this tring to hook up my PS2. Anyway, you can just buy a VGA converter. They should be available at your local Radio Shack or other store that might carry wires/parts. Instead of plugging the monitor into your computer, you would plug it into the adaptor and then plug the cable in on the other side. This saves you the money of buying a TV card as well, but you could get it if you want that nice TiVo effect with Media Center. However, TV tuners can be annoying because there is a considerable amount of delay, which makes them not-so-great for plugging in a gaming system..
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Hi. What you need is a 3d graphics card that can support TV out. You can tell which supports which when you're buying it by checking on the box. Make sure you know that type of connector that your TV uses so that you can pick the right one. The most commonly used is serial connectors coz it's less expensive.\nChoosing the type of card would depend entirely on you, depending on what kind of PC/Laptop you have, and the specs.\nMake sure you know your system spec and compare it with the graphics card that you want to puchase
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you need a tv capture card and a cable tv connection, most laptop does not have the tv capture card, so unless you have a dvi socket on your laptop and use a newer digital video player as the interface, there is a slim change that you can watch tv on it.
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yes, they can and some of the new laptops are having them already built in. but you can also buy one called the PCTV HD Pro Stick and it comes with software that will turn your laptop into a TIVO like system or like the Windows Media Center.  Its a USB plug in...pretty cool....a bit pricy, about  $129.99 bones...... oh ya ...it comes with a remote......ya...
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At the back of your laptop you will see the S-connector. You need a cable called s-connector cable. You connect that from you laptop to your TV. Then go to your desktop. Right click anywhere on your desktop. Go to properties, then settings, advance, monitor tab, click dual monitor. On your TV put it on video or dvd mode. You should be able to watch movie on your TV coming from your laptop.
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I am assuming that:\nYou want to use your TV as your only monitor.\nYou use Windows XP.\n\nFirst, I would like to warn you that a computer screen image on a TV is not clear and often hard to see. This is caused by the fact that non-HD TVs have considerably less screen resolution than most computer monitors. However, if you only want to watch movies, the picture quality should be the same.\n\nThe red, white, and yellow connections are called composite. If both your computer and TV have them I see no reason why you cannot use a cable to connect them (as long as the connections are going out on your computer and in on your TV). You probably should check your computer’s and/or video card’s owner’s manual to be sure that the connections on your computer are out.\n\nOnce you are sure that you have the correct connections and you have the cables you need; turn off your computer, unplug your monitor (if you have one plugged in), and plug the cables in. Then turn your computer on. I think this will accomplish what you want. \n\nIf you have any questions, feel free to contact me using the link on my Q&A page.\n\nIf this answer doesn’t help, please provide more information such as:\nDo you want to use your TV as your only monitor, have your TV and monitor display identical images, or use a type of dual view? \nWhat OS are you using?\nWhat video card do you use?\nAnd anything else that may be relevant.
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if it has the inpuit, then it should have the neccessary softwares for that. a usually laptop have s-video out, until you have a TV-turner or something