Connecting PC to LCD TV ???

[bum]

I recently purchased a Sony V Series LCD TV and woul like to connect my PC to the Screen to be able to use the TV as my Computer monitor and for entertaining like using itunes etc when i have people around.

What cable would i need to get to be able to do this. I purchased a normally digital cable some time back but cannot seem to get any response from the tv or PC.

Advice welcome... thanks

 

[blaaislaai]

What graphics card do you have in the PC?

 

[bum]

no idea on the graphics card ???? How do i find this out ??

 

[*SynergyX*]

has the same problem thought my tv was faulty....but i learnt there is a handshake process between the two so you basically have to switch the tv off plug the hdmi in switch the pc on first and then the tv. if using a normail d-sub cable just plug and play works fine.

 

[Saajid]

Yip it all depends on your graphics card.

1. If your graphics card has an HDMI out port, then it's easy. The HDMI cable will carry both audio and video to your HD LCD TV. The graphics card driver should handle integrating the audio stream into the HDMI cable.

2. If your graphics card has VGA out and your TV has VGA in, then you can connect these two together with a standard VGA cable.

3. If your graphics card has DVI out, and your TV has DVI in, then just connect it this way with a DVI cable. Or you can buy a DVI to HDMI convertor/adapter, and connect it to the HDMI port.

For 2, and 3, You will have to hook up the audio seperately though, using a 3.5mm to RCA cable. And you also need to make sure your graphics card supports HD resolutions, otherwise you will be outputting at 1024x768 or some other silly resolution.

HDMI is really easy, and cool. If you've got a crappy graphics card, and really consider upgrading it to an HD graphics card, with an HDMI port.

 

[howardb]

has the same problem thought my tv was faulty....but i learnt there is a handshake process between the two so you basically have to switch the tv off plug the hdmi in switch the pc on first and then the tv. if using a normail d-sub cable just plug and play works fine.

+1. The units must be off when you conenct the HDMI cable, otherwise you can damage the LCD. Also note that some LCD's have a specific HDMI input for PC connections.

If your graphics card has a D-Sub (VGA) or DVI, then you should be able to connect using an adapter - eg: DVI-to-HDMI
You can get these at most electronic-type stores, even Builder's Warehouse.
Here is a picture of the different graphics card connectors:

NOTE: your graphics card must support TV out to connect.

 

[bum]

how do i check if my graphics card supports TV out ???

 

[howardb]

how do i check if my graphics card supports TV out ???

What is the make and model of your card? It should have this on the card itself. Otherwise have a look at your System Properties:
Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager -> Display Adapter

 

[bum]

Mobile Intel (R) 965 Express Chipset Family

is the description in my settings

 

[howardb]

Does your output from your PC have the blue connection, and is it onboard graphics? Similar to this pic with red arrow:

 

[Esea]

Mobile Intel (R) 965 Express Chipset Family

is the description in my settings

Laptop ?

 

[Tamagotchi]

I had/have the same problem with my samsung lcd.
Plugged in my p.c via the dvi and used a dvi-hdmi adapter into one of the hdmi's of the tv.

It said something about resolution or whatever not supported.

I've got a HD card though, It's a HIS Radeon HD 4670 IceQ Turbo - 128-bit, 780MHz Clock, 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 Memory 2000MHz, 320 Stream Processing Units, 400MHz RAMDAC, Dual DVI-I Connectors [S-27]. My tv is not full HD though, bought it December last year so it's not that outdated.

So it basically sounds like I have the same problem except that I'm not using onboard graphics. Still have no solution though as I was only mucking about at the time, will try it again this week-end just see the results.

 

[Roamer]

Make sure your graphics card is set to 50 or 60hz. Most LCD TVs work on or multiples of 50 or 60hz, or 24hz for film content on Blu-Ray. If you are sending something like 72hz that could be the problem.

 

[wetkit]

Eish
With that I guess you will only have an VGA output from your PC.
Let's hope your TV has an input for VGA.

Also remember that diffrent TV's runs at diffrent resolutions.
HD Ready = 1366 x 768
Full HD = 1900 x 1024 or 1920 x 1200

 

[proximiti99]

Is there an ethernet extender for VGA connectors? Would be useful.