Computer Monitor

Author of this Article - Jyoti Raut »
Published on September 12, 2010 @ 04:45PM PST |

Conclusion On Computer Monitor - TV screens can be used as a second monitor for your computer system.But, if you are not connecting your system to a digital TV, then the quality of video, image or graphics will be crude.

TV As Computer Monitor

I have a HP desktop having Windows Vista installed.I wanted to connect it to my TV, so that I can see all my work and videos on TV.TV will act as a second monitor while computer screen will be the primary one.How can I connect it ? Is there any difference in the graphics quality of TV and computer ?

TV second computer monitor

You can connect your computer to a digital TV or HDTV easily without any hassle.
But if you are trying to connect to a regular non-flat TV then, there you must take care of certain things - particular ly resolution of PC and TV.
There is a difference between the resolution at which computer monitor runs and the one at which the television runs.
Regular TV monitor has 640x480 resolution while computer screen has resolution of 800x600 since many Video cards don't go down to 640x480.
Modern computers supports resolution of 1024x768 at minimum.

Connecting a PC to TV

It consists of following -

First step is to identify input components of your system.They are cable box, RCA (red,yellow,white) composite input and S-video connector.Some newer TVs like HDTVs consists of VGA or DMI input.
Next step is to identify output computer outputs.Most prevalently outputs used are S-video and VGA.New multimedia computers use high definition outputs like the one used in HDTVs.
Now, try to identify the connectors for your connection.
Computer to TV connection has VGA adapter on one side while selection of connectors on the other side.
Now, connect the computer to your TV.Use VGA to component cable or VGA to S-video cable for HDTV connection.Else use S-video to component cable for connecting analog TV.

Multi screen monitors

Multiscreen monitor is the use of multiple display devices such as monitors, television and projectors etc to enhance the area for running programs and applications on a single computer system.
They are also called multi-display, Multi-Head, Dual-Display, and Dual-Monitor.
This is the best step to increase productivity of any system.
Windows, Mac OS and X Window System supports simultaneuos use of multiple displays.

Multi monitor Video card

2D and 3D multi monitor users use multi monitor video card.
Desktop publishers, finance institutions and CAD users use multi monitor technology.
Most commonly used multi display video cards are manufactured by 9X Media, Colorgraphic, Matrox and NVIDIA.
These cards are compatible with Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, NT, Mac, Unix, and Linux operating systems.