Sophia Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 I know google is my friend, but you guys are (usually) friendlier....... if I want to watch youtube/internet on my LED TV, is it simply a matter of unplugging the monitor from the PC and using that same cable to plug into the VGA slot on the side of the TV? The TV is obviously digital, and it does have a 'PC' option in the menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Does your tv have an ethernet port on it? How old is it? Most decent branded tvs from the last couple of years should have an internet browser built in all you have to do is plug it into your router. But yes you can just plug the vga cable from your monitor into your tv, just close your pc down first then plug it into the tv and start it back up. Your pc might even have a video card that has other types of connections on it (HDMI,VGA,DVI) so you can run your monitor and the TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted August 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 it has ports for USB, 2 HDMI slots, a PC audio input (apparently I have to plug something in there but there isn't anything that the PC uses of that nature at present) and the VGA port. There doesn't seem to be a setting on the video card that gives the option of tv or pc etc. I was just looking in the video card tab in the control panel, it's properties etc. TV itself was bought new a week ago but I think it's a couple of years old a model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Sony? It might be able to hook up to a wireless network with a wi-fi dongle (always sold separately) But like I said you can do it the way you mentioned before with no problems. You might have to play around with the resolution to get it to look nice when its plugged into the tv. What operating system are you running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted August 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 OS is Windows 7 professional or something like that, and it's a Veon TV. Wireless dongle sounds like a good idea too, no cables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted August 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 seems I would need a PC audio cable too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Yeah, audio doesn't come out through VGA, its just a standard 3.5mm - 3.5mm audio cable available from any pc shop, even the warehouse might have them. Sorry to say I don't think Veon support internet or wi-fi so the dongle is probably out of the question. Only way is to use it the way you have said above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsnana Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 a PC audio input (apparently I have to plug something in there but there isn't anything that the PC uses of that nature at present) This is where you use a audio cable to connect your computer's sound card to your TV's speakers. There doesn't seem to be a setting on the video card that gives the option of tv or pc etc. I was just looking in the video card tab in the control panel, it's properties etc. It turns up after you plug in your TV. It uses your TV as another monitor. TV itself was bought new a week ago but I think it's a couple of years old a model It's new enough if it has HDMI. Does your computer have an HDMI output? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsnana Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Please note that HDMI will carry both sound and video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Please note that HDMI will carry both sound and video. Not true in all cases, some video cards don't support audio over hdmi. Might need a decent soundcard for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsnana Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Not true in all cases, some video cards don't support audio over hdmi. Might need a decent soundcard for that? I'm only running integrated sound card and it works fine. May just need to make sure that you have a decent graphics card. Nvidia IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted August 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 it's an NVidia. Will have a look when I get home and thanks for the other comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 Nvidia cards (9xxx and below) kinda series are the ones that are likely to have issues with audio over HDMI. ATI's and intel integrated solutions should work fine, as should any newer nvidia card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 Why not have the tv as a second screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted August 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 that's another idea CrunchBang. I didn't think of that. This is the Nvidia device name: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 Driver date 27/09/09 Driver version 8.16.11.9107 Does any of this below mean good things for using a VGA to HDMI cable? The back of the PC only has USB, VGA and keyboard type ports so I know I can't use an HDMI to HDMI one. and from its control panel: [Display] Processor: AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core Processor (2512 MHz) Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate, 32-bit (Service Pack 1) DirectX version: 11.0 GPU processor: GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 Driver version: 191.07 Core clock: 425 MHz Memory clock: 100 MHz (200 MHz data rate) Memory interface: 32-bit Total available graphics memory: 831 MB Dedicated video memory: 128 MB System video memory: 0 MB Shared system memory: 703 MB Video BIOS version: 5.61.32.25.02 IRQ: 22 Bus: FPCI [Components] nvCplUIR.dll 2.2.405.00 NVIDIA Control Panel nvCpl.cpl 2.7.170.15 NVIDIA Control Panel Applet nvCplUI.exe 2.7.170.15 NVIDIA Control Panel nvWSS.dll 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA Workstation Server nvViTvS.dll 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA Video and TV Server NVMCTRAY.DLL 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA Media Center Library nvDispS.dll 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA Display Server NVCPL.DLL 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA Compatible Windows7 Display driver, Version 191.07 NVCUDA.DLL 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA CUDA 2.3 driver nvGameS.dll 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA 3D Settings Server [Display] Processor: AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core Processor (2512 MHz) Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate, 32-bit (Service Pack 1) DirectX version: 11.0 GPU processor: GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 Driver version: 191.07 Core clock: 425 MHz Memory clock: 100 MHz (200 MHz data rate) Memory interface: 32-bit Total available graphics memory: 831 MB Dedicated video memory: 128 MB System video memory: 0 MB Shared system memory: 703 MB Video BIOS version: 5.61.32.25.02 IRQ: 22 Bus: FPCI [Components] nvCplUIR.dll 2.2.405.00 NVIDIA Control Panel nvCpl.cpl 2.7.170.15 NVIDIA Control Panel Applet nvCplUI.exe 2.7.170.15 NVIDIA Control Panel nvWSS.dll 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA Workstation Server nvViTvS.dll 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA Video and TV Server NVMCTRAY.DLL 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA Media Center Library nvDispS.dll 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA Display Server NVCPL.DLL 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA Compatible Windows7 Display driver, Version 191.07 NVCUDA.DLL 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA CUDA 2.3 driver nvGameS.dll 8.16.11.9107 NVIDIA 3D Settings Server Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 looks like old onboard (on the mother board) graphics, if you can do vga to vga to the tv, do that otherwise you'll need to get a graphics card and then you can dual screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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