How Do I Connect My PC to a TV?

I want everyone to feel the freedom I do now that I'm from under the TV service companies.After you take care of the cables, just simply get a wireless keyboard and mouse as your remote controls. It's that simple. Really. It was that simple! Now I don't have a monthly bill, I have thousands of channels and my TV is now a multi-media center.

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Connecting a Windows PC to a TV is becoming very easy.

The short answer is to connect your pc to your TV using the correct video/audio cables. The type of cable you need depends on the connectors on each device.

The longer answer is that every computer and television will be different. The older the device, the less connector types it may have available:

• VGA – a standard connector for most computers. This is video only; you will need separate cables to connect an audio source if you want sound on the TV.

• DVI –This is video only; you will need separate cables to connect an audio source if you want sound on the TV.

• S-Video – 1 cable with round connectors on each end; better than DVI and VGA

• Composite Video – 3 video cables. This is video only; you will need separate cables to connect an audio source if you want sound on the TV. The quality of this picture is almost as good as HDMI.

• HDMI – high definition, the best picture quality. Provides video and sound through 1 cable.



Use this process:

1. Determine the video/audio outputs you have on your Computer.
2. Determine the video/audio outputs you have on your Television.
3. Get the correct cable that connects the two – you can purchase any of these cables at an electronics store.

This process is as easy as connecting a monitor to your computer. The important thing is to make sure you have the correct cable for your computer and television.

Windows XP Pro and Vista include a multimedia program called Windows Media Center. You can use this program on your computer to watch and record television programs, view your digital photos and listen to music.

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Satellite TV on my Computer-Things I found out in September 08’

· Cable Installation Technicians don’t know or care about the conversation you had with the sales people. If the order say’s your installation isn’t free, it will not be free. You will have to pay him, in correct form, before he starts. To get TV on my computer I was the installer.

· You lease most of the equipment you have, the only thing you own is a monthly fee for it. No monthly fee to get TV on my computer.

· You should make sure you have all the add-on services you need that used to be free from your previous provider, before it gets installed. Because once it’s installed you might add these essential services (Voicemail, Caller ID, etc.) and discover your bill will now be $25 higher than what Grace said.

· Just because you live in America, the greatest country on earth, does not mean you will not get ripped off and then penalized for trying to undo the rip-off.

· Let me explain: With their contract, if you cancel or simply drop one of their services, you have to sign a new contract for the one’s you keep. The only problem is it will be at the “current” rate, which is always more than it was 1 minute ago. If I would have stayed with them I would have ended up paying $50 more per month for two services than I would have paid for three.

· You can get TV on your computer and then hook your computer to your TV.

By the end of September I lost my phone number and any friends I might have made at the cable company due to the F bombs I couldn’t hold back any longer. Bye-Bye cable.