tv as monitor

[ahopeter]

is there an adapter that allows your tv to be used as a monitor? or for the tv to show the same thing my monitor shows? i thought there was a connector but not sure.

thanks

[Whizbang]

Yes, but it costs almost as much as a video card with TV out.

http://store.grandtec.com/pctotvcon.html

[Mark H]

Unless you have a High Definition Television (HDTV), you will have a lousy picture, because televisions don't have anywhere near the resolution of a PC monitor.

[ahopeter]

thanks again gentlemen.

i could have sworn my laptop came with some adapter to use for the tv... hmmm, i guess it has some other function.

[sentofuno]

it may have s-video out, and it will connect to a tv yes but it will look terrible if you try to use it as a replacement monitor. but i watch films like that all the time, if you play something in window media player or divx make the playback fullscreen and i find it often better than watching it on my monitor.

[ahopeter]

ahh... very good idea... thanks.