TV as PC monitor

[SoulKiss]

if the telly had a 15-pin D-sub connector, just use that.

[fastdruid]

I play TV through a PC which is connected via DVI to my LCD TV

Works great even when got a desktop rather than MythTV.

Druid

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Should work very well. 1080p is very high res 1900x1200 (off top of my head) so will look great from anything over about a foot away...

HTH

1080p is 1920x1080 hence the name.

[tigersaw]

Many thanks for all the replies, seems its a good use for the spare telly then. I'm going to buy a new pc anyway, best way to get windows 7 and I have a copy of office enterprise I didn't want to waste the license on my current pc.
If someone using a HDMI TV setup could just look at the display settings property window and confirm the resolution that would be great.

Originally Posted by tigersaw

If someone using a HDMI TV setup could just look at the display settings property window and confirm the resolution that would be great.

See my post above for the resolution of a full hd 1080p TV.

[tigersaw]

Originally Posted by wyrdness

See my post above for the resolution of a full hd 1080p TV.

I'd just like someone to check that is the resolution that the PC is outputing at, and not the display making something else fit, such as 1920x1200 , 1920x1080, or even something lower than 1080p standard which is being upscaled

Originally Posted by tigersaw

I'd just like someone to check that is the resolution that the PC is outputing at, and not the display making something else fit, such as 1920x1200 , 1920x1080, or even something lower than 1080p standard which is being upscaled

?????????

You set your PC to the native resolution of the TV. If you've got a full HD TV that is 1920x1080 then you set the PC display properties to 1920x1080. Simples, no?

For example I am using an HD TV as a monitor here, that has a resolution of 1440x900 pixels, so I've set the display properties in Windows to 1440x900.

[tigersaw]

OK, I see.
Its just I plugged the girlfriends laptop with HDMI onto my TV once, it never gave a choice, just set itself up. Laptops gone now, so cant repeat the experiment.

[tigersaw]

so, if I bought one of these leads:
http://www.esave2day.com/product/hdmitodvi-2m/
I could hook up my TV?

I dont have 1920x1080 as a resolution selection, my gfx is a gforce 7300 LE - which is not HDCP compliant (whatever thats all about), could I get the right drivers and make it work?

Originally Posted by tigersaw

so, if I bought one of these leads:
http://www.esave2day.com/product/hdmitodvi-2m/
I could hook up my TV?

I dont have 1920x1080 as a resolution selection, my gfx is a gforce 7300 LE - which is not HDCP compliant (whatever thats all about), could I get the right drivers and make it work?

Correct on the lead, subject to HDCP problems.

Most modern gfx detect the resolution capability of the attached monitor and that is the highest you can set. You may find that when you plug in your 1080p TV and select it at the monitor, you can then select 1920x1080 as the resolution. NVidia's website says about the 7300

Single-Link DVI Support
Able to drive the industry’s largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to and including 1900x1200. May vary by model.

so is the LE one of those varying models? Don't know.

I think most TV's have a non HDCP HDMI socket, so if you card is also non-compliant, the TV shouldn't look for an authenticated pair and so you shouldn't have the problem. I am making assumptions here though, I don't know enough about it to tell you for sure.