Can I use my TV as a second monitor?

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hi leo ive got a hp compaq laptop i connected it to my tv it work fine then some settings came up somthing about do i want mirror or not i changed it so i could just see it on my tv well i fault i did but i didnt now every time a attach the lead from my tv to my laptop both screens go blank can u please help me

I have a Dell laptop and I want to use my LCD as my monitor but each time that I get to connect them together, the TV turns blue, so I closed the laptop and works for 15 or so seconds and then, oviouslly, the laptop turned off and that is my issue, I have one cable connected to both items, the RGB-PC

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Just managed to connect my laptop to new wide screen tv with s-video, and got colour. My new problem is that I can´t get it to display anything but the selected wallpaper, and as I wanted to use the laptop and tv as a karaoke machine I need the tv to display whats on the laptop screen, just a click of which button, I´ve tried them all. Please advise

Hi Leo,

I have a spny vaio laptop with a 4-pin s-video output and I would like to play dvds from my laptop and display them on my tv. now my tv is a little bit older because it has teh s-video ouput as well but not the s-video input. I know there is a small peice i need to purchase and it may be called the rca (female) but I might be wrong. I kind of know what im doing but i do not know the names of the cord i need to buy. I know i need three things: s-video cable, s-video input rca female thing, and a audio-video cable.

please help!
and thanks!

LP

ATI's Radeon X1950 PRO video card includes composite, s-video, and component video connections for analog signals.

Just managed to connect my laptop to new wide screen tv with s-video, and got color. My problem is that I can´t get it to display anything but the selected wallpaper. I can not see any icons or the mouse or anything but the wallpaper that is on the laptop. Please advise?

Hi i have a problem I dont have a s-video on the back of my computer but my tv does how do I hook it up?

pls i dont simply understand how i can connect my TV as a second monitor, pls can you express the full details about how i can connent the TV to the CPU

Hi Can i get support of readily available units to connect mt CPU output for CRT monitor to my normal color TV set

Guys, you will love this.... your digibox that you use 4 watching freeview t.v.? check the back to see if it has an rs323 input, I have a cheap one from the supermarket, cost 15 pound and my laptop plugs straight in with a cable that cost 3 pound!

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