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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Value depends on usability
By Phil
Cables function to trasport signal from point A to point B. However, this cable has a short audio connector – 12 inches long. With the audio out plug on the front of many computers, and the video on the side or back, the audio cable does not reach. (Or the video does not reach, you choose). Either way, video AND audio cannot be transported so it is unusable for it’s purposes with many computers.
I bought another cable that has a 24 inch audio end, and it is usable in almost any situation. Check it out:
http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Go-43098-Monitor-Cable/dp/B000EI3W8U/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_cart_4
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
great upgrade for sight-impaired
By P. Evans
The VGA cable with Audio was bought as a gift for my aunt who has only 20% vision in one eye (none in the other). The cable was used to hook her ancient computer (1998 w/ Windows XP) to her new HDTV. She is extremely pleased with the oversized TV as a monitor; she sits 5 feet away to see.
The fifteen feet length allowed the CPU to be placed farther from the TV.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Premium VGA/SVGA/XGA/SXGA/UXGA HD15 Monitor Projector Cable with 3.5mm Audio – 15 ft. Laptop/PC to TV
By chwright
I bought 2. I can get neither to work. I bought them to use my HDTV as a monitor for my laptops. Neither worked on either laptop. Must be too long because I have used shorter cables successfully. The TV doesn’t recognize any input through these cables. My advice, don’t waste your money to buy these cables.
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Um, well the most significant distinction is that one is a hd monitor, and another is a TV
mostly except one has vga out so you can hook it up to your pc… also refresh rates are a lil better on a hd monitor compared to television… it depends on what you want it for
Size, thats about it. I can use my HD tv as a PC hd monitor so there is no difference.
also, usually a tv has a tuner, which no body has pointed out yet.
Just make sure that whatever you get has the right inputs for what you are trying to connect to it. Also consider if you need built in speakers.
HDTV has a high-def TV channel tuner built in, whereas an HD hd monitor does not. An HD hd monitor may have a standard definition tuner, but in order to watch “over-the-air” HD broadcasts, you would need to get an external HD tuner. If you have cable or satellite – you’re fine with an HD hd monitor.