How do make my lcd hd monitor work as my tv?
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at
4:19 am
I have the westing house l2410nm lcd monitor, i would like to use it as my tv as well, how do i go about doing this?
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you get a tvtuner,
hook it up to your comp
hook up cable to your comp
play tv on your comp with your monitor attached
It’s easy if you have a digital HD cable box– You simply connect the DVI or HDMI output on the digital HD cable box directly to that monitor. No need to buy a TV tuner card in that case.
I Checked out your monitor at the manufacturers website, and I looked at all the ports it has. I hate to have to put anyone down, but the post on C Net tells you a way that works on all monitors, but it really difficult and requires a desktop computer. In your case you will need some sort of a conversion box if you do not have one. If you want HDTV, you will have to subscribe for HD service and the box comes with it. Below are all the ways you can have television:
Depending on how you get your television, there is a few ways you can hook it up.
If you have tivo or another DVR, or if you have a VCR or DVD recorder that you use to record TV, you can go ahead and set up your monitor without a box as mentioned in the end of this answer.
If you pay for your TV service you either have cable or satellite, you will need a set top box (a box with its own remote, in some cases the remote may also work for you TV), if you do not have one, you could call your service provider for one.
If you do not pay to watch tv, you either have an antenna, or cable provided by an apartment or office, If you have an antenna, you need to buy a digital converter box if you do not have one already. You will need to buy one if you have an antenna anyway because tv goes digital in June. If you have cable, ask the person who pays for it for a set top box.
Once you get a set top box, or a digital converter box, if you do not have one already, there are a couple of ways to hook it up:
The easiest way is to use a composite cable( It is made up of a yellow cable, a red cable, and a white cable, and almost everything is compatible with it) and just plug in each cable into the ports on your box and monitor.
If you want better image quality, you can use a component cable or an hdmi cable if the box has the ports for it. An HDMI cable has one plug, and the port is rectangular, with no screws, you just plug it in, A component cable has 5 plugs, Red, White, another Red, Green, and a blue one, one pair of red and white should be seperated, or have somthing different about it.
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