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How do I connect a computer monitor to a laptop and be able to watch hd tv on it?

March 10, 2010

Looking for a cheaper alternative to buying an expensive lcd hd tv.
The laptop is a Dell Inspiron, and I’m debating whether I should just buy a lcd hd tv to connect to it when I want to use it for the computer or whether I should buy a flat screen computer monitor and try to hook it up so that I can receive hd tv on it. If I chose that latter, how could I not only watch tv on a computer monitor, but also connect some sort of hd antenna in order to receive hd quality? And is there a difference between a computor monitor that is just a flat screen or one that says that it is hd compatible?

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bob_barker2 March 11, 2010 at 9:53 pm

not likely you will be able to do that if your laptop and monitor are not HD ready and do not have hdmi or the composite cable hookups.

No Name March 12, 2010 at 3:47 pm

you need to give more info of what you are trying to accomplish. you can in fact watch hd content but what video feed are you planning to use? etc? etc? etc?

cred30 March 15, 2010 at 8:29 am

By HDTV, I’m assuming that you have some sort of Tivo-like device that you have the files saved to, such as AVI or DIVX files.

Anyways, to hook up your monitor to your PC laptop, take the VGA/DVI cord coming out of the monitor and plug it into your laptop’s port. (You may need to get an adapter to switch from VGA to DVI. If you have an Apple laptop, you either have miniDVI or DVI.)

For your PC:
Go to your desktop, right click and click ‘Properties’ There is a tab there that enables your secondary monitor. Click the checkbox that says “Extend my desktop to this monitor” then click OK at the bottom.

For your Apple:
Go to Apple up in the left corner, click on System Preferences. Then click displays, and from this screen, you can detect displays attached to the laptop.

Hope this helps!

Fred25 March 18, 2010 at 12:59 pm

You probably have your best option already which is to watch them on you computer. If your TV is not HD ready, then it doesn’t matter what the feed is, you will not get the HD resolution.

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