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BR7 · 02-07-2008, 02:50 AM

I want to hook my PC to my HDTV.I looked on Monoprice,but I am not sure which cable to get.The book says to get a 15 pin D-Sub RGB (VGA) cabel.Could someone please point me in the right direction
Thanks

Keiths Light · 02-07-2008, 03:48 AM

does your tv have hdmi? if so your gonna want a dvi-hdmi cable to connect the video. your gonna need a cable for your sound card as well though.

Wreck · 02-07-2008, 01:29 PM

You can stream the media through your PS3 wirlessly and not even need a damn cable.

But if you must, you can buy the cable, just go to best buy or frys or somewhere and tell em' what you wanna do, they'll point you in the right direction. Its VGA. Only thing you need make sure to do is make sure if its male to male or male to female...

Carmien · 02-07-2008, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BR7

I want to hook my PC to my HDTV.I looked on Monoprice,but I am not sure which cable to get.The book says to get a 15 pin D-Sub RGB (VGA) cabel.Could someone please point me in the right direction
Thanks

I run a 20' VGA cable from my gaming laptop to my XBR5. The TV has a dedicated socket for it. I run at 1920x1080 resolution for fairly intense 3D games. I can also read text without trouble from 10 ft away.

That said, I'm on a 1080p TV. You may end up with a black box around the computer display on your TV if your graphics card resolves to the native resolution on your TV.

Carmien · 02-07-2008, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BigBLUballz

You can stream the media through your PS3 wirlessly and not even need a damn cable.

But if you must, you can buy the cable, just go to best buy or frys or somewhere and tell em' what you wanna do, they'll point you in the right direction. Its VGA. Only thing you need make sure to do is make sure if its male to male or male to female...

Personally, I connect my PC to my TV to play computer games. Streaming media has nothing to do with my need to connect my PC to a TV.

dk3dknight · 02-08-2008, 08:14 PM

Or you could buy one of those Sony Desktops that connect through HDMI...

Course there 1500 to 3000 but...

Pelican170 · 02-08-2008, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Keiths Light

does your tv have hdmi? if so your gonna want a dvi-hdmi cable to connect the video. your gonna need a cable for your sound card as well though.

This is what I do. DVI cord is better than VGA....

02-07-2008, 02:50 AM	#1
BR7 Active Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Sioux City,IA Blu-ray collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:25 Trading Score:35	PC to TV I want to hook my PC to my HDTV.I looked on Monoprice,but I am not sure which cable to get.The book says to get a 15 pin D-Sub RGB (VGA) cabel.Could someone please point me in the right direction Thanks

02-07-2008, 03:48 AM	#2
Keiths Light Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Canada Blu-ray reviews:1	does your tv have hdmi? if so your gonna want a dvi-hdmi cable to connect the video. your gonna need a cable for your sound card as well though.

02-07-2008, 01:29 PM	#3
Wreck Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2008 Location:H-town To Indy PSNetwork: HERETOWRECK Trophy Level: (12) Blu-ray collection:249 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:58	You can stream the media through your PS3 wirlessly and not even need a damn cable. But if you must, you can buy the cable, just go to best buy or frys or somewhere and tell em' what you wanna do, they'll point you in the right direction. Its VGA. Only thing you need make sure to do is make sure if its male to male or male to female...

02-08-2008, 08:14 PM	#6
dk3dknight Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2007 Location:Arlington, Texas PSNetwork: dk3dknight PostCount: 0001 Blu-ray collection:44 Blu-ray reviews: 2	Or you could buy one of those Sony Desktops that connect through HDMI... Course there 1500 to 3000 but...

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