internet tv

[fink]

those cards/units that you show are meant to be used to watch tv from cable television, not the internet... you'd plug the tv cable into the device to watch regular cable or antenna tv on the computer so they would not be useful for what you want.

What you do need is a new video/graphics card that has more than just the vga/computer monitor output.

For that I'd suggest asking advice in the hardware forum because there are a lot of details in both figuring out which one would work and how you'd install it. It would be an improvement from the existing built-in card but the install is not always simply just plugging a new one in and there are a number of factors that need to be sorted out before you even start.... like the model of the motherboard that you have in the computer.

[yvesj]

thank you .for for all the info .but i thing i will get a 24 in lcd monitor .tv by the time am done you are talking at 800.00 with the card .if i cant set it up .so if i sell my 19 inc monitor for 120.00 that will leave me with 230.00 plus tax for the 24 inc and no problem there just hook it up and that it .now i do have a 32 inc plain tv .next summer i be gone camping for 6 months .so 800.00 is to much for now .
thank again all of you for your help .good work .
yvesj

[yvesj]

As far as whether you can plug your computer into a tv, I don't know what video card you have but most have at least S-video out and any new tv will have S-video in (audio will need to be patched separately).

It's not as high quality as watching it on a computer screen but it's ok. I do it to watch online sporting events all the time. It's not great for reading text... hard on the eyes.

this is what i have at the back of my computer .so cant you tell me if that work to connect a lcd tv

[fink]

Unfortunately not. That built-in video card only has the one output so you'd need to manually switch between a monitor and a TV that has a VGA type input.

It does have facilities to plug in a new PCI X16 video card though so that may be one way of solving the problem.

http://download.intel.com/support/mo...d9846601us.pdf

A new, reasonable quality gaphics card would cost around 100 dollars or so. Although you could go as high as 500. Or find a "last years model" on sale for around 50 dollars at some place like Newegg.com

[yvesj]

Unfortunately not. That built-in video card only has the one output so you'd need to manually switch between a monitor and a TV that has a VGA type input.

It does have facilities to plug in a new PCI X16 video card though so that may be one way of solving the problem.

http://download.intel.com/support/mo...d9846601us.pdf

A new, reasonable quality gaphics card would cost around 100 dollars or so. Although you could go as high as 500. Or find a "last years model" on sale for around 50 dollars at some place like Newegg.com

ok is this do the job XFX GeForce 8600 GT Video Card - 512MB DDR3, PCI Express, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, Video Card
The XFX GeForce® 8600 GT 512MB PCI Express graphics card featuring the world's first DirectX® 10 GPU and a powerful unified architecture.
$69.99*

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[fink]

I'd suggest asking in the hardware forum. Let them know what computer you have now, the motherboard and any other details including what you want to do with the card/tv.

[yvesj]

thank fink.will do
yvesj