Hooking my computer up to my tv

[mayorredbeard]

Well were just about to get a got a big tv, (w00t w00t!!!!!), and I was wondering how people connect there computers to a tv. Do you simply need a vga port on your tv? Or is there a process you have to go through.

 

[BigLu]

Most graphics cards have a s-video out port. You can hook that up to the tv if it has the plug, or get a s-video to (that yellow cord i can't remember the name of), then connect it to the tv.

 

[MikeReiner]

Some of the newer flat TVs have dvi and vga on the back, but most TVs and most video cards have s-video ports.
if that tv is new, that i'd imagine it's atleast got s-video, so you shouldn't have much trouble hooking that sucker up.

 

[Stalker]

yeah, if your video card doesnt have an s video though, you can easily get a signal splitter

its a small box with an in for the monitor cable, and two outs, an s video out, and the yellow out (I think its called vga)