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How to use my Monitor as a TV screen?

Can I use my PC monitor, like, as a TV screen?

  • What I am asking is if I can use my PC monitor screen as the TV screen, but... OK, I am probably confusing you... I have a fairly new TV, but I hate to watch it. It's not digital, and does nothing but sit in my hutch. SO I want to use my monitor screen as the actual screen. What cables do I need, etc? Here's my monitor- http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/display/display//3/storefronts/FN773AA%2523ABA and My TV- Well it's kinda old, the one that they used to be, really big in the back, analog screens, ...- Thanks!

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    Your HP monitor has an HDCP-compliant DVI port. That means it is compatible with digital HD cable boxes. So if you have digital HD cable TV service, all you need to do is connect the HDMI or DVI port on the digital HD cable box to the DVI port on your HP monitor. When you do that, it turns your HP monitor into an HDTV. Easy.

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get a tv tuner

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If you are using an HD signal, then you will need this converter cable: http://store.a2zcable.com/vchdc-1-5.html If it is a non-HD signal, then you will need any one of these: http://www.shopping.com/-rca+to+vga

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