TV as Monitor

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I use an HP Pavilion Laptop, and have recently upgraded to
XP Home from ME. How do I use my TV as a monotor, or what
do I do? I have tried the multiple monitor feature, and
my drivers are working properly. What am I doing wrong?
 
To connect to your TV, your video adapter must support
a physical S-Video output jack. Refer to your HP laptop
User's Manual and see if your computer has this feature.


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| I use an HP Pavilion Laptop, and have recently upgraded to
| XP Home from ME. How do I use my TV as a monotor, or what
| do I do? I have tried the multiple monitor feature, and
| my drivers are working properly. What am I doing wrong?
 
there is a side to using it as your monitor that u might
not like. u WILL NOT be able to read text. u cant surf
the web, u cant do word processing, and u cant do email.
TVout is made for watch divx/dvd's and playing games, not
everyday computer use
 
there is a side to using it as your monitor that u might
not like. u WILL NOT be able to read text. u cant surf
the web, u cant do word processing, and u cant do email.
TVout is made for watch divx/dvd's and playing games, not
everyday computer use
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Not true! Thereare converters you can place between the regular video
output of your video card and the regular TV that will allow you to
use your TV as a monitor! You CAN read text, you CAN surf the web,
you CAN do word processing, and you CAN do e-mail.

Now why you'd want to do that, I don't know. Obviously the OP has
some reason to want to do so. The question is do you want to find the
converter, and shell out the buck for it?
 
NobodyMan said:
Not true! Thereare converters you can place between the regular video
output of your video card and the regular TV that will allow you to
use your TV as a monitor! You CAN read text, you CAN surf the web,
you CAN do word processing, and you CAN do e-mail.

Now why you'd want to do that, I don't know. Obviously the OP has
some reason to want to do so. The question is do you want to find the
converter, and shell out the buck for it?
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Most regular TVs are not physically capable of providing high enough
resolution to cope with computer graphics. That is why S-Video can
only work at 640 x 480 resolution. And why TV ads never put more than
30 or perhaps 40 characters of text per line on the screen. A
computer monitor, even an old 640 x 480 standard VGA monitor, can
produce perfectly legible text with 80 characters per line.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
Most regular TVs are not physically capable of providing high enough
resolution to cope with computer graphics. That is why S-Video can
only work at 640 x 480 resolution. And why TV ads never put more than
30 or perhaps 40 characters of text per line on the screen. A
computer monitor, even an old 640 x 480 standard VGA monitor, can
produce perfectly legible text with 80 characters per line.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
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True, but the poster saying you can't do it was incorrect. We used TV
monitors all the time doing computer stuff in classes. Whether 25
inch, or wide screen, it didn't make a difference. We plugged the
video output cable from the converter into the video card, and the
regular coax cable into the TV. We routinely showed PP presentations,
did demonstrations on functions in MS office - you name it.

Yes we did set the graphics down to 640x480, but for most
presentations (note I said most) this is more than enought.
 
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