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how to hook computer up to TV?
need to know if i can hook my computer up to my tv or not. The problem is i have an old TV.
The only way i know of is buying a s video cable BUT my computer DOESN'T have a hook up for it.
Is there any other type of cable i can buy? Some type of adapter to convert the s video to my computer?
THANKS
8 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
odds are your problem is the tv is too old to connect to vga, dvi, or hdmi. If thats the case you can buy a converter that converts your vga output to something your tv can use. Most connect to your computer the way a playstation(1 or 2) did. You can go to newegg.com and search for somthing like vga to tv converter. I ran this search just a secondago
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Sub...
Hope this helps. Not sure what connection can be made to your tv, but i hope this points you in the right direction.
- Anonymous5 years ago
Simplest way is a card with a TV out. Or a TV with a Input with a PC compatible plug. We use(at work) an NEC 40-60 inch screen, and its a regular Plasma TV, and the PC has a DVI splitter to two analogue ports.Or you can use a DVI to DVI single cable. All depends on your hardware. Sometime you need a middle junction box, sometimes the PC will plug right into the TV. Mostly if you have a HD tv its totally there.
- By the OceanLv 61 decade ago
From your description, the cable you need is the VGA to RCA/S-Video cable. All TVs made in the last 20 years have either the Composite Video input (RCA plugs, Red, White, Yellow) in addition to S-Video input (D-type, rounded 4 pins) or Component and HDMI inputs (you probably don't have these). So you will have to look for a cable with VGA MALE at one end and either RCA composite and/or S-Video at the other end and you are all set. You may also need a converter box to convert from VGA signals to RCA composite signals.
- 1 decade ago
Hello, you can only hook your computer to most recent hdtv's, on the back there should be a pc monitor plug in, only on the recent tvs (HDTV, Flat Screen).You would have to get a new tv to do it. You can also get a projector.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
never told us what computer you got or anything, so ima just say go buy a graphics card..... if you get something like geforce 7200 gs you can connect it to you're old school tv
- Anonymous1 decade ago
there is a cord that goes from vga (the blue one on the pc) to rca (red, white, and yellow on the tv). amazon.com is the only place i know that sells it. there is also usb to rca, also on amazon.com. just type vga to rca or usb to rca on amazon in eletronics
- 1 decade ago
really cant help you here... you may need to upgrade your tv... buy a new one. but idk maybe you can get a video card with the output on it to run it through input. good luck
