useing tv for monitor

levi · Post by **levi** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:23 pm

my son bought me a new 73 inch hd tv. so i want to know if you can hook up my old tv for a monitor. its a 64 inch philips tv. is this possible, that would be nice to race on that big of a screen.

white2098 · Post by **white2098** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:27 pm

yeah a lot of the big screens hook up just like a computer screen. take a look at the back of the tv and see if there is a hook up that looks like the one on your monitor.

levi · Post by **levi** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:29 pm

all it has is alot of the female plug in (yellow, red , blue, green, white).and coax cable hook ups.

Post by **Phineus** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:42 pm

You should be able to find a cable with the right connectors on it. You know, the yellow, red , blue, green, white on one end, and the computer plug on the other.

white2098 · Post by **white2098** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:11 pm

some of big screens come with a monitor connection like a computer screen also so you might wanna check that first so you wouldn't have to do any extra spending [(-:]

levi · Post by **levi** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:17 pm

what about a high definition video converter? it takes the computer plug and runs it through a box and comes out the other side with the three wire plug. you know anything about this ?

Fila · Post by **Fila** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:49 pm

Doesn't your tv have DVI or HDMI input?

Woody · Post by **Woody** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:46 pm

I think that 64 inch philips is on old rear projection TV, not a newer flat/high def model.

Something like this
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-Magnavox- ... B00004SSRJ

It still would be possible to hook it up to a computer but at only like 800x600 resolution so it may not be worth it.

garretml · Post by **garretml** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:01 am

I agree with Woody, the resolution will suck badly. I tried hooking my desktop to my new 27" LCD tv via the S-video cable and the resolution was so bad you couldn't read any text. They say it's better if you use the monitor cable, but I haven't got one yet.

white2098 · Post by **white2098** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:44 am

yeah an s-video cable won't do squat lol.

Fila · Post by **Fila** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:05 pm

Oh... i only read about the first tv (the one he received) and completely ignored that he wanted to plug in his old one. lol

electric_bug · Post by **electric_bug** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:48 am

I have my computer hooked up to my 32" TV, but it has a VGA connector on it. Res is 1366*768 and it is really clear.