connecting computer to tv

[Brian Cluff]

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
>
>     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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