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mises
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 Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:58 am Post subject: TV-computer connection |
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I just bought a new TV and it has an RGB input. My computer has only a VGA output.. Is it possible for me to connect the two?
If not, can I add on an HDMI output to the computer? |
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mises
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:19 am Post subject: |
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The specs to the tv don't mention a VGA port, but looking at the pics (tv was ordered online, not delivered yet) it seems there is one:
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/89-112-023-09.jpg
So, if that is a VGA, is it just a matter of splitting the source and running one to the tv and one to the monitor? Will sounds work? How will the picture be? |
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mil
Joined: 25 Mar 2009
Location: Gimhae, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| VGA and RGB are the same port. A standard VGA cable should work. However, this will only carry video feeds, you need a separate cable to run audio |
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Thunndarr
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| mil wrote: |
| VGA and RGB are the same port. A standard VGA cable should work. However, this will only carry video feeds, you need a separate cable to run audio |
Uh, no.
RGB stands for Red, Green, Blue, which is definitely not VGA.
But in any case, yes, the TV has a VGA input, it's the one labeled "D-sub" in the picture.
Picture quality should be fine, my last school had the exact setup you are talking about, a cloned image from the PC displayed on the TV. This is not the ideal solution, of course, especially if your PC display is 4:3 and your TV is 16:9 aspect ratio. Basically, any content that looks normal on your PC display will get horizontally stretched out on the TV. The solution I used was to use GOM player and set it so that 16:9 content was full screen (therefore distorted on the 4:3 screen so people would basically look tall and thin) which ended up getting stretched horizontally on the TV to look more or less normal. |
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Thunndarr
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Also, what you would really want to do, if you are a videophile, is get a graphics card with 2 video outputs, which will let you customize the resolution setting of each display. (i.e. your pc might be at 1280*1024 and your TV might be at 1280*720.)
Obviously, if your source is a laptop, you probably don't have that option. |
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mises
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| Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks Thunndarr. |
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mises
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| Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:19 am Post subject: |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
But in any case, yes, the TV has a VGA input, it's the one labeled "D-sub" in the picture. |
You mean the blue 15 prong one on the far right? |
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Thunndarr
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| Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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| mises wrote: |
| Thunndarr wrote: |
But in any case, yes, the TV has a VGA input, it's the one labeled "D-sub" in the picture. |
You mean the blue 15 prong one on the far right? |
That is the one. |
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mil
Joined: 25 Mar 2009
Location: Gimhae, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
| mil wrote: |
| VGA and RGB are the same port. A standard VGA cable should work. However, this will only carry video feeds, you need a separate cable to run audio |
Uh, no.
RGB stands for Red, Green, Blue, which is definitely not VGA.
But in any case, yes, the TV has a VGA input, it's the one labeled "D-sub" in the picture.
Picture quality should be fine, my last school had the exact setup you are talking about, a cloned image from the PC displayed on the TV. This is not the ideal solution, of course, especially if your PC display is 4:3 and your TV is 16:9 aspect ratio. Basically, any content that looks normal on your PC display will get horizontally stretched out on the TV. The solution I used was to use GOM player and set it so that 16:9 content was full screen (therefore distorted on the 4:3 screen so people would basically look tall and thin) which ended up getting stretched horizontally on the TV to look more or less normal. |
Hmm i don't know about that buddy. I hooked up my old i mac to two different LCD TV's with RGB ports using a standard VGA cable.  |
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Thunndarr
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| Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| mil wrote: |
| Thunndarr wrote: |
| mil wrote: |
| VGA and RGB are the same port. A standard VGA cable should work. However, this will only carry video feeds, you need a separate cable to run audio |
Uh, no.
RGB stands for Red, Green, Blue, which is definitely not VGA.
But in any case, yes, the TV has a VGA input, it's the one labeled "D-sub" in the picture.
Picture quality should be fine, my last school had the exact setup you are talking about, a cloned image from the PC displayed on the TV. This is not the ideal solution, of course, especially if your PC display is 4:3 and your TV is 16:9 aspect ratio. Basically, any content that looks normal on your PC display will get horizontally stretched out on the TV. The solution I used was to use GOM player and set it so that 16:9 content was full screen (therefore distorted on the 4:3 screen so people would basically look tall and thin) which ended up getting stretched horizontally on the TV to look more or less normal. |
Hmm i don't know about that buddy. I hooked up my old i mac to two different LCD TV's with RGB ports using a standard VGA cable. |
He was talking about RGB as in component, the one with red, green, and blue cables. RGB like you are talking about is a less common way of saying VGA.
(But yes, I had forgotten that RGB used to be a commonly used term. These days I'm more used to seeing RGB in reference to the three colored cables, and D-Sub for VGA.) |
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mil
Joined: 25 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
| mil wrote: |
| Thunndarr wrote: |
| mil wrote: |
| VGA and RGB are the same port. A standard VGA cable should work. However, this will only carry video feeds, you need a separate cable to run audio |
Uh, no.
RGB stands for Red, Green, Blue, which is definitely not VGA.
But in any case, yes, the TV has a VGA input, it's the one labeled "D-sub" in the picture.
Picture quality should be fine, my last school had the exact setup you are talking about, a cloned image from the PC displayed on the TV. This is not the ideal solution, of course, especially if your PC display is 4:3 and your TV is 16:9 aspect ratio. Basically, any content that looks normal on your PC display will get horizontally stretched out on the TV. The solution I used was to use GOM player and set it so that 16:9 content was full screen (therefore distorted on the 4:3 screen so people would basically look tall and thin) which ended up getting stretched horizontally on the TV to look more or less normal. |
Hmm i don't know about that buddy. I hooked up my old i mac to two different LCD TV's with RGB ports using a standard VGA cable. |
He was talking about RGB as in component, the one with red, green, and blue cables. RGB like you are talking about is a less common way of saying VGA. |
gotcha, thanks for clearing that up |
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mises
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| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 9:49 am Post subject: |
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| Alright, so this was the most awesome thing I've done in a long while. The quality from GOM is excellent. |
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