Hooking up a pc to my flat screen

[FatBlunts209]

by doing this will my tv have a better chance of gettin fucked up?or is it as safe as adding a ps3 on?

 

[Gas One]

yeah you cant leave it on hella. my girl does that shit and im about to hook mine up too because it looked tight

she just warned me that you shouldnt leave it on for hella hours

i should just get a hdtv specifically for computers though. i dunno what imma do yet cuz if i fuck my tv up ill be breaking yet another cell phone

 

[FatBlunts209]

good lookin man im bouts to do that shit since my ps3 broke..im fixin to be watchin hella movies @ www.movie2k.com right now..

 

[mrrocnron]

If u leave it on it'll turn off when computer goes in sleep mode.

 

[Gas One]

^ good looking didnt know that, my chicks just goes to a screen saver

but winamp visualizations while playing music on a flat screen = tight

im also tryna watch movies i cant fuck with a small monitor no more

 

[Gas One]

one extra thing so i have this straight:

you put the blue thing with the two screws on the side in the back of your tv. but where does the other side of the plug go into (the other part goes into the back of your computer monitor)

is there an extra input i havent looked for? im guessing that would HAVE TO go in the computer, right?

 

[mrrocnron]

fasho.

 

[mrrocnron]

U need to get a rgb cable. It's a plug that has the monitor cable on one end and a fitting for the flat screen on the other

 

[Gas One]

ahhhh okay that makes alot more sense...might have one in the house somewhere...good shit

 

[FatBlunts209]

How much r those?

 

[Gas One]

depends on where you go...prolly cheaper in a place like walmart in comparison to radio shack or best buy

i know radio shack charges me damn near triple for batteries for my scale

4.46 at walmart and 10.98 in radioshack so prolly same hustle

google it tho

 

[Gas One]

oh shit yo u know what? i completely forgot i bought a rgb cable for my xbox when i first bought the shit......maybe thatll work

i never knew what that shit did LOL

one day i was like 'what the fuck? i dont need this shit for anything..' and unplugged it when i realized my xbox works off hdmi cable

 

[mrrocnron]

Just make sure u get the right one because the input on your tv is going to be a different size then your computer

 

[ThaGr8NorthWest]

I believe you are gonna need a rca cable for audio...

And rgb cable for video.....

 

[Gas One]

audio, if you have speakers/subwoofer..you just connect that green input that goes in your computer with the green output in the back of your tv

i just took my speakers out of my computer (since theyre of quality) and did that.

and now my neighbors hate me when i play gears of war

 

[Likwid]

My living room LCD has my xbox 360 and a PC hooked up. It's super easy to do. It's great because I can browse the web on big screen if I want, and set a play list to bump through the stereo. Download and watch movies without a disk. Highly recommend everyone doing this.

 

[Gas One]

does anyone know if you should get a specific QUALITY of rgb cable? i dont really know about it like that, but i see some are gold plated etc etc

is paying more for a cable going to help protect my tv?

 

[mrrocnron]

You'll get better quality HD. It doesn't matter tho. I would suggest taking the screen saver off. That way it doesn't burn an image to your tv. I didn't bother with all that plated shit. I just wanted it to work. I candy in HD. Lol

 

[FatBlunts209]

ok i used the rgb my computer came with and my tv says its not compatible with it..i went on as safe mode it works fine but i cant access the web while its on safe mode,do i need to buy a different cable?

 

[ColdBlooded]

I've got a laptop hooked up to the TV and watch DL'd movies through it all the time rather than burning them to DVD.

Love it.


But I don't leave it on all the time or use the TV as a monitor. Definately wouldn't do that if I had a plasma.