is it possible to connect your desktop to your television screen??

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#1 rishi44
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I know you can with the use of an s video cable with your laptop, but how bout desktop??
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#2 RPG10080
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I've seen it done before, but I'm not sure what you need... somekind of cord is all I know
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the only way to do it with a desktop is if you have an S-Video Out on your video card.
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#4 Int7nse
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Yes. You're better off asking in the PC/Hardware forum.
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I know you can with a projector, but I'm not sure.
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the only way to do it with a desktop is if you have an S-Video Out on your video card.DJ-PRIME90
Yea...your TV has to have an S-Video In too
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#7 gamerchris810
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my friend did it on his LCD 32" he could flick from tv to pc. it was quite cool actually.
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the only way to do it with a desktop is if you have an S-Video Out on your video card.DJ-PRIME90

Yep, but the question is why would you want to?

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It's possible using a Mini-DVI to DVI adapter and a DVI cable on my MacBook. I'm not sure if that's possible for you though.
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#11 SIapshot
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[QUOTE="DJ-PRIME90"]the only way to do it with a desktop is if you have an S-Video Out on your video card.thirstychainsaw

Yep, but the question is why would you want to?

TIVO.

edit: and some questionably legal decryptions.

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It's possible using a Mini-DVI to DVI adapter and a DVI cable on my MacBook. I'm not sure if that's possible for you though.SolidSnake35
i thought that was just for using apples montiors not tvs
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#13 zakkro
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Yeah, I did it with my plasma.
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#14 Hewkii
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[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]It's possible using a Mini-DVI to DVI adapter and a DVI cable on my MacBook. I'm not sure if that's possible for you though.queenfan66
i thought that was just for using apples montiors not tvs

I hooked up an iBook to an LCD TV with a VGA cable.

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