Im getting a new tv, and i was wondering if i would be able to use the tv screen as the computer monitor. I know others have done it before. My tv is a 42 inch Plasma. Its a Panasonic Viera and the model number is TH-42PX60U, just incase you need to know. I dont know if the tv has a connection for the blue computer monitor cable. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
I've just been googling for this, and it would appear this tv model doesn't have a PC input, so it's a no go...
But it has a S-Video input. And so does my computer. do you think it will work through an S-Video cable?
I don't know much about S-Video, very rarely used it. I'm assuming your video card has a tv-out then ?.. Not sure if tv-out works well enough to use for a pc, any i've used were dreadful ie not very good resolution and headache-inducing..
Ill give S-Video a shot when i get the tv. And no, it's strange my video card doesn't even have a TV-Out input.
Okay, keep us posted; i'll teleport this thread into a better forum where some of the guys will probably be better suited to help
Thanks for the link, ill look through it in a bit. I thought of something else though. I was taking a look at my video card and it's really nothing special. So im now planning on buying a new video card, one DVI input. Then i'll just buy a DVI to HDMI cable and hook it up to the tv. I'm sure that oughta work.
You can use ANY tv as a computer monitor, it all depends on your graphics card. I have a HD4870 and it has 2 DVI outputs, most higher-end gpus have 2 DVI outputs. I hook 1 DVI cable up to my monitor, and the HD4870 came with a DVI-HDMI converter so I run an HDMI from the other DVI slot to the tv. It's absolutely insane, you can watch movies, play games, do whatever on either screen.
S video will work tho you may need an adaptor from the graphics card to the tv,some graphic cards are is it 7-8 pin where s-video is 4-5 pin or whatever,the only issue you may find is picture quality maybe fuzzy when looking at icons & text,tho since you have plasma it maybe fine as i'm using an old 29" crt,i'd agree going the DVi route would give better results i would think. I find it strange your plasma has no VGA connection,all the late model tv's like lcd & plas all have one.You can run dual screens if your card has two outputs which most cards have these days,either a monitor & tv,dual monitors or dual tv's,you can clone screens or have seperate desktops for each monitor,it's real freaky moving mouse from one screen to the next
I know man, i was pretty shocked when i saw no connection for VGA on my tv. And my video card doesn't even have a DVI connection! its crazy all my stuff is pretty new but it all sucks, hehe. But im gunna buy a new video card soon, preferably one with 2 DVI inputs. Thanks for commenting.
no, I have 1 DVI cable going to my computer monitor and 1 HDMI cable going to my tv. If you tv has a DVI input than you may use a DVI cable, though DVI cables are incredibly thick, stiff, and usually short. A new GPU may come with a DVI to HDMI converter... If not you can buy one on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/DVI-I-Dual-Link...yZ149974QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Or better yet, you can just buy a DVI-HDMI cable, and skip the conversion: http://cgi.ebay.com/GOLD-PLATED-HDM...ryZ61395QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I don't recommend S-Video, but it would still work.
ahhh ok. Yeah, right now im just thinking of S-Video as a last resort. There still is some time before i actually get my tv, so in the meantime, im going to invest in a video card. Right now, if i get everything i need and everything is good, it looks like i am going to be using a DVI to HDMI cable to hook up my computer to my tv.
