I have a dell and i want to conect it to my tv so that i have 2 screens, my older brothers friend had 1 21 inch computer screen and a 54 inch tv and he used them for games or he used them for essays and to move stuff out of the way. i want to hook my tv up to my computer too, how do i do it?
2007-07-15 07:21:26 · 2 answers · asked by Insdelendpgdn987 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
This requires you to buy some stuff of course. One way is to make sure you have a S-Video Slot in the back of your computer in your graphics card. What you can do then is go to http://www.ebay.com, and search for a S-Video to RCA Cord, and what you do then is, Plug the S-Video cable from your graphics card in the back of your PC, and then plug the cables that come on the RCA cord into your TV. Then just Right Click on Desktop-->Properties-->Settings-->And Enable the TV as a display screen!
2007-07-15 07:37:00 · answer #1 · answered by Montello43 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a graphics card with two outputs.
One to match what your current monitor will accept. VGA or DVI, depending on the monitor.
The second to match what your TV will accept. S-Video is pretty standard, but some of the newer TVs are coming with VGA connectors. A HDMI connector on the TV should be compatible with a DVI-D output from your computer, you just need a DVI-D to HDMI cable.
2007-07-15 14:43:58 · answer #2 · answered by Simon T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋