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Thread ID: 128329 2012-12-12 22:39:00 How do I link my PC to TV to watch live streaming on TV bellbird (6169) Press F1
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1317945 2012-12-12 22:39:00 I've read the TV onscreen stuff etc but I can't work out what to do. TV is Samsung UA40D5000 with LAN, PC in, USB1 and 2, PC/DVI audio in, DVI and HDMI's. PC is HP Desktop A1140A, Windows XP SP3. What connection/s do I need to buy. I'd be watching mostly live streaming eg The ASP Billabong Pipe Masters which is on now or wildlife sites. I wouldn't be watching movies or tv shows. Thanks for any help. bellbird (6169)
1317946 2012-12-12 22:47:00 You are just using your TV as a monitor with built-in speakers.
So use a HDMI from your graphics card to the TV and whatever audio cables you have from colour to colour, ie green to green.
DeSade (984)
1317947 2012-12-12 22:47:00 How or where is this live streaming coming from tho? If the desktop it would have to have an HDMI connection on it. Or you can get a VGA / DVI cable. Since it looks like the TV has a -Dsub connection on it. But the videocard would have to have DVI on it obviously. Speedy Gonzales (78)
1317948 2012-12-12 23:13:00 TV is Samsung UA40D5000 with LAN, PC in, USB1 and 2, PC/DVI audio in, DVI and HDMI's. PC is HP Desktop A1140A, Windows XP SP3. What connection/s do I need to buy.
HP Pavilion A1140A originally shipped with GeForce 6200 graphics card which has VGA, DVI and SVideo outputs. Of these 3 connections, DVI is the best and as your TV also supports DVI, you need a DVI to DVI cable. This will get you the picture from your PC to TV.
Now to get the sound you need a 3.5mm to 3.5mm Stereo Audio cable. This will connect from the PC Speaker out jack (usually green in colour) to the TV's PC/DVI audio in connector. This will get you audio from the PC to TV.

DVI Cable example (www.trademe.co.nz)
Audio cable example (www.trademe.co.nz)
tmrafi (5179)
1317949 2012-12-12 23:19:00 Thanks DeSade and Speedy. How do I find whether the PC has an HDMI connection? If I does how do I connect to the graphics card? If it needs to be connected via VGA/DVI cable how do I check if the graphics card has DVI on it. I have an Nvidia GEForce 6200 Turbo Cache 256MB

we posted at the same time tmrafi. Thanks for your help.
bellbird (6169)
1317950 2012-12-12 23:31:00 I see you are in Christchurch, I have plenty of DVI cables I am not using if you want one.
I have moved to HDMI Cables.
DeSade (984)
1317951 2012-12-12 23:58:00 Thanks for the offer DeSade, I'll pm. I checked the DVI and Audio cable examples in tmrafi's post. Where would the DVI cable connect on my PC, I can't see a spare pin? type connection. I guess that one of the two connections in use is the graphics card, if I replace it with a dvi cable from tv to pc then I'd have no connection to the monitor. "scuse my confusion. bellbird (6169)
1317952 2012-12-13 00:00:00 Unless your graphics card has two DVI ports then you would need to "replace" your monitor with the TV. DeSade (984)
1317953 2012-12-13 06:53:00 If your graphics card only has one DVI port why not put the monitor back onto the VGA as they used to be. I run dual monitors one is on VGA the other on DVI gary67 (56)
1317954 2012-12-13 20:05:00 Media server = few terabytes worth of HDD connected direct to router .

Xbox - can access the whole flipping lot and can watch it straight on TV .

For the odd thing that Xbox has a tanty about playing - direct HDMI cable from laptop to TV sorts it .

Can even stream off my media server on iphone . . . when I'm in another country .

How else do you do it ! ! :punk
Disco_Dan (16576)
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