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Old December 29th, 2006, 02:20 PM
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Linking a LCD tv to my PC

Hello,

I'm trying to figure out how to link a LCD TV to my PC, but i want keep my existing monitor also connected to the PC. I want to do this because my DVD player on my computer is multi-region, any my XBOX 360 isn't. also i want to play games on a larger TV.

I was told to use a KVM switch, but everything i look at seems to be linking 2 PCs to one monitor, not 2 VDU's to one PC.

I'm based in England, so if anyone can either give me some weblinks for english sites which has the products that i need (ebuyer.com, amazon.co.uk etc) that would be great, or any information how i can do this would also be greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks
Jai
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Old December 30th, 2006, 11:12 AM
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you might want to try here....
http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_te...i=42083,00.asp
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Old December 30th, 2006, 11:20 AM
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if you have the right video card you may have an extra DVI/VGA port a HDMI port or Svideo port available to use
otherwise a new or extra video card is necessary
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Old December 31st, 2006, 11:35 PM
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what video card do you have?
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Old January 2nd, 2007, 01:08 PM
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video card

Hey,

I have a Radeon 9600 video card
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Old January 2nd, 2007, 01:21 PM
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its possible it will have an extra video output
and TV out is likely
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Old January 2nd, 2007, 02:09 PM
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it has a s-video connector and a dvi port, which would be best (LCD doesn't have a dvi port) - using s-video or dvi adapter to VGA and then connecting it to LCD Tv?
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Old January 2nd, 2007, 11:26 PM
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does your TV have a VGA port on it?
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Old January 2nd, 2007, 11:52 PM
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well now, its what your LCD TV has
VGA, DVI, HDMI, SVideo, Component or simple One line Video
for the PC you can get cheap DVI to VGA adaptors
there are DVI to HDMI cables, i think they cost quite a bit
there are cheap SVideo to the one video cable adaptors
there are DVI to Component Cables, again i think they cost alot
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Old January 3rd, 2007, 12:31 AM
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why dont you tell us the make/model of your tv?
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Old January 3rd, 2007, 12:21 PM
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The tv has the folllowing connections:

HDMI, VGA & S-Video. Here is a link for better specs etc:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=100720
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Old January 3rd, 2007, 01:05 PM
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for best quality i suggest a DVI to HDMI converter cable

a cheaper option may be a DVI to VGA converter cable, check the price first, if it differes by a few $ probably better to go for HDMI

cheapest is an Svideo cable

well the spec on ebuyer says that i supports DVI ive seen HDMI called DVI... at a samsung store...
anyways best way to go is DVI to hdmi cable
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Old January 3rd, 2007, 06:42 PM
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well the spec on ebuyer says that i supports DVI ive seen HDMI called DVI... at a samsung store...
anyways best way to go is DVI to hdmi cable
The product images show a DVI port, not HDMI.
http://image.ebuyer.com/UK/R0100720-05.jpg
(On the far left)
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Old January 4th, 2007, 12:08 AM
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ok, damn samsung store
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