How to connect My PC to TV ???

[raksrules]

I need to connect my computer to my TV so that i can use my television screen as monitor.

My PC Configuration:
Intel 2.4Ghz CPU
Intel 845 Motherboard
Onboard 64Mb Graphics card
256 Mb RAM
80 Gb Samsung HDD
Lite-On DVD Writer
Samsung 17" CRT Monitor

Can anyone suggest me the simplest possible way to achieve this ?
Also is it feasible to do so ?
what are the costs involved ??

 

[nvidia]

You need a gfx card with TV-out port.

 

[azzu]

if u cant Spend much on Gfx card
there are many AGP and pci-e
tv-out cards

 

[xbonez]

i have an Sapphire Radeon X1600Pro 256MB. i think it has a TV out, but my TV only has composite audio-video ports. can i connect?

 

[iMav]

ur tv shud have an input that looks like this:

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By mAV3

then ur gfx card shud have an s-vid out which looks like this but is a female connector and u need a conv which is shown in the image
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By mAV3

then u need a wire like this ....

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By mAV3

plugin will be common sense

that is method 1 .. the second is fairly simple if ur tv & pc have s-vid .... then a simple wire will do

 

[raksrules]

I am getting a VGA to Composite wire on dealextreme
Would this work ???

Heres the link
*www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4681

 

[iMav]

yup it will ... actually it shud havnt tried it though

 

[iMav]

if 1 already has a gfx card that has tv out then a tv tuner card becomes costly and also useless to an extent ....

 

[Pathik]

yup you need a s-video to composite a/v converter..

 

[raksrules]

correct me if i am wrong
I have dvd player which i connect to my Videocon Bazooka 25 Inch TV with 3 cables (red, yellow and white). Are these called as composite ins ?

 

[iMav]

ya the 1s with 3 colors ... are composite vdo cables

 

[raksrules]

thnks mate

 

[Chetan1991]

You can use adapters, but I think you should rather use the monitor. I'm not sure if the refresh rate of TVs is more than that of monitors, but perhaps it'll be slower. Does anyone know??