Is it possible to somehow hook a computer harddrive up to a television set and not have to use the monitor. So you can see everything on the television screen instead of the monitor. If so how and what do i need
2006-11-06 19:27:41 · 3 answers · asked by the king of kings 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
Largely depends on the inputs your television has and the outputs your computer has.
Most TVs have the antenna/cableTV input. That won't help you.
It hopefully also has an analog input. These are round and usually in groups of three (one yellow, one red and one white). The yellow one is video. And many newer TVs also have an S-video In.
Next, you want to see what your computer has. You're lucky if your computer comes standard with composite (analog) video out. If you have this, then all you have to do is connect an analog video cable from the computer to the yellow input in the TV. Some computers also have S-Video out, which means you just plug in an S-video cable into the back of the computer, and the other end into the TV.
Most probably you will have to buy a graphics card that supports S-video out, or analog out. Then connect.
This is just the physical connection. Next you have to check the resolution settings, etc. I have linked to a website that has some more details for connecting via S-video:
2006-11-06 19:37:38 · answer #1 · answered by simile_007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A television with computer adapters on the back of the set, like a lot of flat-panel monitors have.
2006-11-07 03:29:46 · answer #2 · answered by kc_warpaint 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a hard drive, because you need a processor. But with most new TVs, which are digital rather than analog, there should be connectors you can use with your computer, either RGB or ... the other one (blanking out)
2006-11-07 03:40:51 · answer #3 · answered by sofarsogood 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋