I'm selling up my pc to get a laptop soon and since I've lost the box for my monitor I thought it could be better put to use as a tv for my parents to use. It's a dell s2409w with an hdmi connection. If I set it up with speakers (it has an audio jack) and a freeview hd box sending the signal through hdmi would that work?
Yeah that should work.
Just beware of when they ask if you can hook a non-HDMI device to it. I've had problems with that in the past. (I can't get a Wii connected to my Hitachi TV/Monitor as it only has HDMI and VGA).
nibbler (07-08-2011)
Ahh good point. So if they want to plug in the dvd player too then they might have problems as it's a standard dvd player. Thanks, they could possibly use the laptop and plug that in via vga then as teh dvd player is scart only iirc.Originally Posted by Funkstar
yh i got my bro pc screen connected to hdmi to the xbox
yes, of course, it should be work,
you can external tv cards to use with the monitor if you want to connect older devices that use RGB/scart cables
Money wise you're probably better off selling the screen and buying a TV, this would also mean you don't have issues using scart devices
im typing on my 42 inch now
Which would be using a TV as a monitor?
well tbh are u gaming? i assume you are with a 5870. im running on a samsung 42in 1920 x1080 res TV and its no problems at all.
i also am running this from a 5870, using the hmdi lead straight to the tv and carrying the audio also. well tbh are u gaming? i assume you are with a 5870. im running on a samsung 42in 1920 x1080 res TV and its no problems at all.
i also am running this from a 5870, using the hmdi lead straight to the tv and carrying the audio also.
thats if your actually interested about it, or maybe your just being a fecesious Pot Stirrer?
so with all your intelligence and studying at uni, i would have hoped that a statement in a post would have been obvious, that it refers to the users thread. its detailed in every forum user guidelines, and not surprisingly here also.
so whats your degree in.
Last edited by Reefer86; 04-09-2011 at 09:37 AM.
I think you were attempting to describe me as "facetious". Just for future reference.
My degree is in "pointing out the bleeding obvious", and I would like to again point out that the thread, as started by nibbler, requests information on how to use a monitor as a television. You explain that you're using a television as a monitor. That, as you can probably see, is the opposite. And it's also about ten times easier.
Why you're so distraught at my pointing that out, I don't know, but hurling insults around isn't really going to gain you anything.
Of topic abit but...what are you going to do about gaming!?
It was so small that mine wouldn't fit into it
You could always use one of these SCART to HDMI cables
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Yes it should work ... For this the HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) cable is the most common cable to use with HDTV and high-definition monitors. But not all original Xbox 360 consoles have an HDMI port......!
yeah you are right, that is the easiest way to get that sort of thing done. Just make sure the audio is not being passed through the HDMI connection as well. Had that problem setting up my s2409w with my ps3
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