connecting computer to tv

[Michael Havens]

gee.... that was easy!
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> cool! There is a VGA port in the back of the tv so all is good! now I am
> going to do some begging:  Does anyone have an old computer they would be
> willing to give me? I want to have a dedicated xbmc server. Being on social
> security disability insurance I am in a state of being perpetually broke
> but if need be I could probably cough up twenty-five dollars.
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> As far as your computer is concerned the TV is just another monitor. the
>> tricky part depends on the TV and what kind of TV it is and its inputs. My
>> old CRT was a PITA to get working, but my newer TV has VGA and HDMI so it
>> plugs in and the computer looks at it trats it like another monitor. Now
>> some graphcis cards are much happier about this process than others. Nvidia
>> if you are using their Drivers makes it a cake ewalk, ATI a little less so,
>> opensource drivers are really hit or miss, and sometimes depend on the
>> tools you use to manage them. Ubuntu/mint are not bad in this regard at
>> all. I have had other distros slap me in the face with having to manually
>> configure my configs to even have the other screen show up.
>>
>>
>> in all it should be pretty easy unless you have to deal with converting
>> to TV that does not have ready computer friendly inputs.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:25 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If you have an LCD TV, then all they are is giant monitors.  All you'll
>>> need to do is plug it to the VGA port on the back if it has one.  If it
>>> doesn't have one, hopefully you have a DVI or HDMI port on your computer.
>>>  If you have and HDMI port on your video card, just pickup a cheap HDMI
>>> cable and plug it in.  If you have a DVI port on your computer, you'll need
>>> a cheap DVI to HDMI converter.  They can be had for just a couple of
>>> dollars on amazon, including shipping.  Then you'll just need to get an
>>> HDMI cable and plug it in.
>>>
>>> If you have an older CRT based TV, then you'll either need a video card
>>> with a TV out capability, or you will need a scan rate converter to convert
>>> the signal to something that the TV can recognize.
>>>
>>> Brian Cluff
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/29/2013 09:38 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>
>>>> xbmc looks good but what I was wondering was what I needed to do to get
>>>> it to work. From my research it seems that all you need to do is plug it
>>>> in and start it up but it seems that is the windows way of doing it.
>>>> Does it work that way  with Linux too? Another thing, could I do
>>>> something where I it is like I have two screens with on monitor so I can
>>>> surf the web and watch d/l movies ? Like one computer with two screens
>>>>   and each screen is doing something different. Gee, I have a dual
>>>> processor One processor for each screen!
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Vimal Shah <vimals at sokikom.com
>>>> <mailto:vimals at sokikom.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     This might offer a few ideas:
>>>>
>>>>     http://lifehacker.com/5900626/**create-a-kickass-seamless-**
>>>> play+everything-media-center-**the-complete-guide<http://lifehacker.com/5900626/create-a-kickass-seamless-play+everything-media-center-the-complete-guide>
>>>>
>>>>     On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com
>>>>     <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         I'm going to hook my tv up to my computer.... what do I need to
>>>>         do? What do I need to d/l to facilitate this?
>>>>         :-)~MIKE~(-:
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