cool! There is a VGA port in the back of the tv so all is good! now I am going to do some begging: Does anyone have an old computer they would be willing to give me? I want to have a dedicated xbmc server. Being on social security disability insurance I am in a state of being perpetually broke but if need be I could probably cough up twenty-five dollars. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Stephen wrote: > As far as your computer is concerned the TV is just another monitor. the > tricky part depends on the TV and what kind of TV it is and its inputs. My > old CRT was a PITA to get working, but my newer TV has VGA and HDMI so it > plugs in and the computer looks at it trats it like another monitor. Now > some graphcis cards are much happier about this process than others. Nvidia > if you are using their Drivers makes it a cake ewalk, ATI a little less so, > opensource drivers are really hit or miss, and sometimes depend on the > tools you use to manage them. Ubuntu/mint are not bad in this regard at > all. I have had other distros slap me in the face with having to manually > configure my configs to even have the other screen show up. > > in all it should be pretty easy unless you have to deal with converting to > TV that does not have ready computer friendly inputs. > > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:25 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > >> If you have an LCD TV, then all they are is giant monitors. All you'll >> need to do is plug it to the VGA port on the back if it has one. If it >> doesn't have one, hopefully you have a DVI or HDMI port on your computer. >> If you have and HDMI port on your video card, just pickup a cheap HDMI >> cable and plug it in. If you have a DVI port on your computer, you'll need >> a cheap DVI to HDMI converter. They can be had for just a couple of >> dollars on amazon, including shipping. Then you'll just need to get an >> HDMI cable and plug it in. >> >> If you have an older CRT based TV, then you'll either need a video card >> with a TV out capability, or you will need a scan rate converter to convert >> the signal to something that the TV can recognize. >> >> Brian Cluff >> >> >> On 01/29/2013 09:38 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> xbmc looks good but what I was wondering was what I needed to do to get >>> it to work. From my research it seems that all you need to do is plug it >>> in and start it up but it seems that is the windows way of doing it. >>> Does it work that way with Linux too? Another thing, could I do >>> something where I it is like I have two screens with on monitor so I can >>> surf the web and watch d/l movies ? Like one computer with two screens >>> and each screen is doing something different. Gee, I have a dual >>> processor One processor for each screen! >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Vimal Shah >> > wrote: >>> >>> This might offer a few ideas: >>> >>> http://lifehacker.com/5900626/**create-a-kickass-seamless-** >>> play+everything-media-center-**the-complete-guide >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Michael Havens >> > wrote: >>> >>> I'm going to hook my tv up to my computer.... what do I need to >>> do? What do I need to d/l to facilitate this? >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >>> >>> > >>> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Vimal (rhymes with Kimmel) Shah >>> VP of Engineering >>> Sokikom >>> Mobile: (480) 752-9269 >>> Email:vimals@sokikom.com >>> Web:www.sokikom.com >>> >>> Follow us: twitter.com/sokikom >>> > >>> Like us: facebook.com/sokikom >>> > >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >>> >>> > >>> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >