On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Joe S <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to connect my computer: Dell OptiPlex GX260. I have a video card > with a VGA connection. My TV is a Sony, Model KV-20TS30. It has an > SVideo as well as an RCA connector. How would I connect this, and > what kind of picture could I expect? I want to use this for watching > video. > > I only have one VGA connection on the video card for my TV. Can I get a > switch to choose the output for the computer monitor and the TV? > > Appreciate any help. Thanks
Are you sure you can connect a TV to your computer? In most cases you can only do this in one of the following scenarios: - The computer was designed to be connected to a Monitor and/or a TV - The TV was designed to support VGA, DVI, and/or HDMI input - You have a somewhat expensive converter that takes VGA in and produces SVIDEO or RCA video output A note about the third one: There are very cheap adapters ($10) that look like they convert VGA to SVIDEO. They do not convert anything. Some video cards output an SVIDEO signal on the VGA port, and this adapter is designed for those cards. Right now it sounds like you do not have all of the hardware required to connect your TV to your PC. -Mark C. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
