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koolkorsa

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10th Jul 06 at 15:49

I've got a spare 17inch tft computer monitor lying around and was thinking of using it as a tv.
I've got a freeview tuner, is it possible to connect it up to the monitor?
If so what type of cable would I need.
any helps much appreciated, cheers Phil.

Dom

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10th Jul 06 at 15:58

need a VGA converter - around 20 quid or so i think to accpet a scart/s-video/composite connection. Should be able to get them from ebay/maplin's etc

koolkorsa

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10th Jul 06 at 17:04

Cheers mate, any chance you could show me a link to what I need. Typed in vga conertor on ebay and baffled by whats come up! cheers.

sukhwant

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11th Jul 06 at 11:22

yeah i'd want one of them too

drunkenfool

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11th Jul 06 at 12:06

This MIGHT help, if you have ATI RADEON graphics cards

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Laptop-PC-to-TV-Cable-VGA-to-SCART-RGB-ATI-Radeon_W0QQitemZ290005965074QQihZ019QQcategoryZ67859QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Brett

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11th Jul 06 at 12:11

quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
This MIGHT help, if you have ATI RADEON graphics cards

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Laptop-PC-to-TV-Cable-VGA-to-SCART-RGB-ATI-Radeon_W0QQitemZ290005965074QQihZ019QQcategoryZ67859QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

That's not what he wants tho.

I read it that he want to use a 17" TFT screen as a TV. That link above is a cable so you can use a TV as your monitor.

flash22

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11th Jul 06 at 12:27

do you just want to use the monitor for a games console ?? or do you want to use it to watch tv on

a normal monitor to compisite/svideo are aroun £30-40 for a decent one

if you wanna use the monitor as a tv the standalone adapters start aroun £40 and go up to £150 depending wether or not you want freeview (dvb built in)

if you want a decent analoge tv on the AVer tv 7 is a good one to go for

if you want freeview as well then get a AVerTV DVB-T

neither are cheap but you get what you pay for

http://www.averm.co.uk/avermedia/aver/products2.asp

drunkenfool

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11th Jul 06 at 12:29

quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett

quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
This MIGHT help, if you have ATI RADEON graphics cards

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Laptop-PC-to-TV-Cable-VGA-to-SCART-RGB-ATI-Radeon_W0QQitemZ290005965074QQihZ019QQcategoryZ67859QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

That's not what he wants tho.

I read it that he want to use a 17" TFT screen as a TV. That link above is a cable so you can use a TV as your monitor.