a question

[exatreide]

My father has problesm getting up and sitting for a long period of time at the computer do to injuries. He has expresed interest in useing his 52 Inch TV into a Computer screen what would i need to do this and um how..

[Nyarlathotep]

First off, your video card should support it. If not, it doesn't work. Apart from that, I have no clue. I never tried it, cause personally I hate the tv being the comp screen (lower res).

First check if your card can handle it, then make sure you have the correct cable..

[gryphon]

When your card does support it it's not that difficult. In the advanced properties of your display device [ usually you can get there by right clicking on your desktop, then look up at the advanced tab, choose advanced there aswell and you will be where you need to be ]. In there you should find settings for the TV output of the card. Settings should be at 60Hz and just a cloned TV output. [ other options could be striped, magnified of just displaying grafics on the TV ].

IN a few words that's basically it. I can help you more if you know which grafics card you have, that way I would be able to know which menues you need to use and settings on it. :)

Although using your TV as a primairy computer monitor is not really a good idea. If you llike to read anyhting you have typed on the screen. . . you will need a digital TV capable of displaying high resolutions. If your TV can't handle that reading is not that easy. . . you can see grafics though. . so using it for DVD's ar just as spectator when others are gaming on the primairy computer monitor using the TV as secundairy display will work .. although the details are in most cases really not good on the telly ....

[exatreide]

its a 8 meg navida something....

what kind of cables and what not would i need for this?

[gryphon]

First guess is an S-video cable

it should fit in the hole in the center at the back of the grafics card below for example.

The upper one is a analog VGA connector, the lower one a digital connector. And the little hole in the middle is the TV output connector. Without one of those it can be verry expensieve or impossible to use a TV set as a monitor for your PC.

The screeny below will give you an indication of how the configuration screen looks like.