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What wire can I use to connect my PC to my TV?

How do i connect my pc to my tv, instead of my pc to my monitor?

  • to watch movies on my tv rather than my little 15" inch computer monitor. I know i jsut need to use a wire to connect my pc to my tele, but i need to know, 1)what the wirre is called 2) if i can get long enough wires as my computer and tele are far away.

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    No, you do not just need a wire. First you need a display adapter in your PC that can output component video (which is totally different to the video sent to a monitor), you need to take account of the fact that TV pixels are not square while monitor ones are, or you need a TV that has a VGA input (mine does). If you have the latter, you need a VGA cable and a sound cable (VGA does not send sound to the TV). If you have a card with TV out on your laptop you will probably need an S-Video cable, though if your TV does not have S-Video in you will need a cable that converts S-Video to SCART or to three composite inputs (they are colour coded).

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If you have a DVI connection on your video card, and assuming you have an HDTV, it should be very simple. Just buy an HDMI to DVI converter, and you'll be all set. Also, you shouldn't see any signal degradation if you're using a cable that's no longer than 50 feet.

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im sorry, i dont know what the wire is called but i know that you could buy a cable so that instead of using the monitor, you could see it better on the tv.

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