40"tv to Windows 7 pc help please
 

I am an old forum member but had to reregister has manofdevon111 because my log in would not work as manofdevon.

I purchased a 40" tv today (£199 at Sainsbury sale) and want to use the tv solely as a pc monitor. (I am into corel painter x3 and a large screen is preferable)

The tv manual shows a vga to vga is usuable so that's the way I want to go.

Can I leave my existing amplifier/speakers to cope with sound and not worry about using the tv speakers?

Any other advice welcome, before I connect. (it looks like the vga to tv is a D.sub15 type at the tv end so I will have to get a new lead tomorrow)

Thanks for any help on here.

Re: 40"tv to Windows 7 pc help please
 

any reason why you are going analogue over digital ?

you can use your amp no problem

Re: 40"tv to Windows 7 pc help please
 

analogue/digital, what are you saying, I am not going to be using the tv for its conventional usage, solely connected to the pc for large screen?

Re: 40"tv to Windows 7 pc help please
 

You would be better off using hdmi

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VGA is an analogue signal HDMI and DVI are digital

Re: 40"tv to Windows 7 pc help please
 

He's saying VGA will result in reduced quality and should only be used if unavoidable.

Re: 40"tv to Windows 7 pc help please
 

You'll find compared to a normal monitor it'll be crap, the pixels will be ridiculously large, it'll be blurrier than a proper monitor and the end result will be unsatisfying, possibly even causing you nausea (as I found out when I tried my father in laws 37 inch TV as a monitor, it was ... well crap. A £199 TV as a monitor... presumably you'll be watching it at a typical monitor distance away, versus the distance that you watch TV from ?

This is the big reason why TV screens don't make fantastic monitors, they're designed to be viewed from 6+ feet away, versus 18 inches or so for a monitor.

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

Oh and if your PC has a HDMI output on the graphics card, use that in preference to VGA or anything else.

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You'll HAVE to use your exisiting sound setup if you use VGA ;)

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Most tvs that ship with VGA also has PC audio in jack also

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I only have vga at present from my PC ( on my 23" present monitor)so that is the norm for me anyway.

I admit I am concerned re the visual effect of the large screen but I should be 5ft. away from monitor.

If viewing is crap I should be able to return to Sainsbury on their return option.

This vga D sub 15 plug on tv, does it mean I need to use the same connection at the pc end. Which I assume means its that smaller female type socket?

Or would this work also?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cable-Tex-...item20e2ad1596

Re: 40"tv to Windows 7 pc help please
 

yes the adapter will work for dvi to vga