gee.... that was easy! :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > 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 >> > >