connect tv to pc to watch tv

blossomcat

Im very sorry if this has been posted else where, i have virgin tv downstairs and they want £9.00 :eek: a month for me to be able to watch tv upstairs. Is there any way i can connect my tv to my pc in my bedroom to watch tv please. anyone know , thanks all:j

vyseyboy

Have a look at the back of your PC, where the monitor's cable plugs in... you need to find out if you have integrated graphics, or a separate graphics card.

Integrated graphics means the monitor will plug in to the motherboard, near the majority of the other connections, and usually oriented vertically in a tower PC.

A seperate graphics card will be connected via an AGP or PCI-E slot to the motherboard inside the case, and the monitor cable would be oriented horizontally on a tower PC, plugged in nearer the bottom of the case at the back.

For plugging a TV cable into a computer, you want to have a seperate graphics card which supports TV-out: If it supports TV-out, it will usually have a small round female RCA connector (yellow coloured) or small black female S-video connector on the same horizontal piece of metal as the monitor cable: like this:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_cKsoLc7YPDk/Rze5lo4XsmI/AAAAAAAAAGg/Rox3FtlPsJE/0163.JPG

(this one has both s-video and yellow RCA, but you only need one.)

So if you have one of these connectors, you're good to go, with the appropriate lengthy cable, which would end in a scart plug for your TV.

Something like this if you have S-video out: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SVHS-TV-OUT-KIT-LAPTOP-PC-to-SCART-S-VHS-VIDEO-Lead-AV_W0QQitemZ200250820035QQihZ010QQcategoryZ15067QQcmdZViewItem

I'm sure something else similar exists if you have a small yellow RCA composite output too.

If you don't have one of those connectors, or have integrated graphics, you'd need to buy a graphics card that supports tv-out.

blossomcat

thanks you for that. :j when ive read it seven hundred times (before i understand it) not very techie minded , i will have a go

:beer:

Colcoops

you know that you can get a video sender from Tesco for arround £25 that can transmit to another tv in the house. Works atreat with virgin