How to use my Monitor as a TV screen?

How to use a tv screen as a computer monitor and still be used for gaming on a ps3?

• I have a 22 inch tv with hdmi port, and I want to use it as a computer monitor but still use it for gaming on my ps3. My computer tower is a VGA. So would I have to get a VGA to HDMI wire? Would my computer support the HDMI wire? And also when I go switch from ps3 to my computer monitor how will that work out? would I switch "channels" (like hdmi,component or video).

• Answer:

  Are you using an HDMI port for the PS3 as well? Does the TV have 2 HDMI ports? For starters you would have to get a VGA to HDMI adapter, I'm pretty sure they don't make actual cables like this. It would be a regular HDMI cable that plugs into the tv and then have an adapter for the video card. Your computer would support the HDMI cable with the adapter. As for the PS3 situation, that all depends on whether or not you have 2 HDMI ports while using 2 HDMI cables. If you have 2 HDMI ports and use 2 cables, there should be a video source button on your remote, another word for it would be an input button. This would allow you to switch between the 2 HDMI ports on the back of the TV. Otherwise if there is only 1 spot, you would have to run your PS3 through something else (such as component) or keep swapping the wires back and forth. Edit: It looks like you need something like this: Aluratek AVH100F VGA To HDMI Converter Adapter It wouldn't let me put the link but if you search that on Amazon, it should come up. That would convert it from your computer to your TV. With the PS3 being component, I would think you already know how to switch the input on the TV otherwise you wouldn't know how to watch regular TV and then play PS3. You would just select HDMI if you set this all up.