Starting from scratch (as it were), if I'm going to go out and buy a new cable to connect my laptop to my monitor, what cable should I ideally go looking for?
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posted by segatakai
on Apr 12, 2013 -
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I need to figure out a cheap way to take a DVI or VGA signal from a PC, and capture it to a MacBook Pro to stream video to the internet. Situational constraints inside.
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posted by chambers
on Feb 12, 2013 -
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Help figuring out the best setup for a home theater projector. Total projector newb here....
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posted by lattiboy
on Jan 28, 2013 -
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What's the best way to connect my Samsung series 5 TV with my Acer Ferrari One notebook so I can use the TV as a monitor? The laptop doesn't have a HDMI port...
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posted by Helga-woo
on Dec 28, 2012 -
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I own two monitors with twine inputs - HDMI and VGA. Why can't I find a graphics card with twin HDMI outputs? Are HDMI connections inferior? Or expensive? Or uncommon? Or splittable like USB? Or...?
posted by sodium lights the horizon
on Feb 26, 2012 -
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Can switching semi-frequently between monitor inputs cause damage to an LCD monitor?
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posted by Unhyper
on Jan 3, 2012 -
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Recommendations please for using a big screen LCD TV (40+"?) as a computer display. "Don't" is fine as a response but please justify. Cost is a significant issue; we can spend up to or little over $700.
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posted by anadem
on Nov 25, 2011 -
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Is there an easy way for me to run a second monitor on my computer without a new video card?
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posted by Happydaz
on Nov 16, 2011 -
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I'm getting an XBOX 360 shortly, but I have a few questions about setting it up. For one, my television is very bad, so I'd like to use my computer monitor for it - should picking up a VGA cable be fine?
Secondly, I'm not sure how the XBOX's audio ports are set up - can I just plug my headset with a standard headphone and microphone plug into it, or do I need adapters?
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posted by flatluigi
on Feb 3, 2011 -
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So Mr. Attackpanda and I haven't had a TV in several years, but we watch netflix all the time on my laptop. This is getting old and we'd like recommendations as to what to get.
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posted by Attackpanda
on Jan 8, 2011 -
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How can I force a laptop to use VGA out during boot up prior to windows loading so that I can get into the BIOS and change the primary display to be permanently the VGA out?
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posted by merocet
on Sep 29, 2010 -
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Can Windows be persuaded to ignore lies the BIOS tells it about what video monitors are connected?
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posted by flabdablet
on Aug 2, 2010 -
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How to get an aluminum MacBook (2.4 GHz) to recognize a VGA Projector?
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posted by Danf
on May 24, 2010 -
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My Macbook has something called a
Mini DisplayPort, which apparently has all sorts of compatibility issues (and benefits?). Before I buy my first monitor, what should I know? More info inside.
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posted by omnigut
on Mar 16, 2010 -
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My monitor is a 24" Samsung with dual VGA and DVI outputs. I've been using the DVI output to connect to a 3 year old white Macbook. Today, like an idiot, I moved the monitor without detaching the monitor cable, and the screws snapped off, and I cannot get what is left of them out of the holes. So now, I can either use the DVI output with no screws to hold the cable in place, or I can use the VGA output. Which is my best option?
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posted by 4ster
on Mar 11, 2010 -
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VGA to UHF? VGA to Coax to UHF? VGA to RF box? Want to pick up a vintage miniature TV off ebay and pipe video from PC to it.
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posted by softsantear
on Mar 7, 2010 -
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How do I connect my LCD TV (VGA input preferably but it also has an HDMI free) to my desktop computer, which has 2 monitors already hooked up to the 2 DVI-out ports on the graphics card?
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posted by PetiePal
on Feb 17, 2010 -
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I need to display the picture from a computer onto an old 1999 CRT television. I've seen a few products but all the reviews of them say that they don't work. Any recommendations on ones that do?
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posted by mr_silver
on Feb 2, 2010 -
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A friend of mine will soon be staying at the Sheraton Wall Centre in vancouver for an extended period and is hoping to hook up his MacBook to the TV in the room. He has all the appropriate cords, but I have heard from someone that at the Sheraton, they "lock" the buttons to change over to VGA input.
Is this something that can be worked around? Is the feature intrinsic to the TV or would a universal remote help?
posted by nitor
on Jan 7, 2010 -
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I have a computer running Windows XP and I just connected it to my TV via VGA cables. The TV reports its maximum resolution as 1024x768, which Windows will happily provide, however my TV is 16:9. This results in an over-wide picture. I would like to have Windows use this 1024x768 resolution, but tell it to use non-square pixels, or something similar to bring everything back to the correct shapes.
posted by Xoder
on May 30, 2009 -
10 answers
I want to plug a VGA cable into the wall and have the LCD TV on the other end of the room display the information. How do I do this?
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posted by wabashbdw
on Apr 23, 2009 -
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How can I switch between my XBox 360 and my Computer on my LG 22" widescreen monitor?
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posted by ODiV
on Apr 10, 2009 -
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Xbox360Filter: I have an Xbox 360 with a VGA output which I use on my Samsung computer monitor. I want to be able to have it hooked up to my TV (which has a VGA input as well) at the same time.
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posted by xdeliriumx
on Mar 29, 2009 -
12 answers
If I turn on my secondary which is connected to a DVI to HDMI adapter and then turn it off it disconnects my primary which is connected via VGA.
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posted by mephesta
on Mar 10, 2009 -
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I have an Acer AL2216 W computer monitor with VGA and DVI inputs. I'm thinking about getting an Xbox for things like halo 2 and 3.
Is there a way I can feed the xbox video into my monitor and the audio into my computer's speakers (LogiTech LS21)? What would it cost? Such as converting it from a standard video and audio format that you'd plug into your tv to a DVI and 3.5mm female connector. Or HDMI to VGA or DVI and Audio to 3.5mm?
posted by BoldStepDesign
on Jan 26, 2009 -
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I've connected a VGA-cable from my old Packard Bell Easynote (Windows XP) laptop to my Samsung HDTV but it doesn't display anything and the tv detects no input from the computer at all.
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posted by kampken
on Jan 23, 2009 -
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My livingroom media computer onboard video can only reach 1024x768, and the mobo has ONLY has PCI slots. So I need a PCI video card. It will be used mainly for playing / streaming video to a 1920x1200 HDTV, and perhaps occasionally for stuff like Nintendo64 emulation.
What specs will be the most important to ensure no choppiness or other problems when playing videos full screen? Is DirectX 10 or above important? Keeping in mind this must be PCI, am I doomed to choppy videos no matter how fast the card processor or how much memory it has?
posted by brenton
on Jan 22, 2009 -
33 answers
Is it worth upgrading to a 22" or 24" widescreen LCD if I'll be hooking it up with VGA rather than DVI? I know DVI is better, but is VGA that bad?
posted by smackfu
on Jan 11, 2009 -
19 answers
We have an HP Slimline machine running video with an Nvidia Geforce 6150 SE graphics card. We are wanting to use a VGA->HDMI box to convert the video output of the desktop and connect it to our television:
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posted by ao4047
on Jan 9, 2009 -
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I'm getting a video display error when i try and boot up my computer. Is there a solution I'm just not thinking of? If not, can I still buy a Socket 939 motherboard to replace a malfunctioning one?
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posted by Kraki
on Dec 31, 2008 -
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We can't boot into Windows XP, except in VGA mode, without the screen going black after the Windows XP "loading bar screen"; we can still hear everything, though. This is on an Intel iMac running Boot Camp, and the Mac side (Leopard) works fine, which leads me to believe this isn't a problem with hardware.
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posted by mdonley
on Aug 21, 2008 -
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My Mac no longer auto-detects monitor and resolution after trying out SwitchResX. How can I get this working again without reinstalling OSX?
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posted by odinsdream
on Mar 30, 2008 -
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If I hook a monitor up to two devices (using a different video port for each device), will it be able to tell which one is using it (assuming just one device is on), if I keep both plugged in? And is there any potential harm to the monitor, if it's plugged into two active devices at once?
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posted by SpacemanStix
on Feb 18, 2008 -
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Where can I find a standalone device that has a female DB-15 VGA port on one side and a female Cat-5 on the other, with a VNC server in between?
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posted by yellowbkpk
on Feb 8, 2008 -
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