Can't hookup PC to HDTV myth

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[QUOTE="mmogoon"]Everyone knew this already.deadmeat59

Exactly. Anyone who owns a HDTV can see the 15-pin d-sub input (monitor in) on their HDTV. Well, most HDTVs.

Here's the problem, hermits. Most homes don't have their computer in the main TV room. Most have one HDTV and one main computer. But most don't have that computer just sitting next to their couch or TV. Its in an office.

So while PC gaming on your main TV is great for dorms or small apartments, not so feasible in a normal home.

dvi-hdmi cable.

ive got mine linked up to my 40" 1080p hdtv its the only time i get true 1080p on every game.

p.s. use a dvi to hdmi cable! vga is crap!!

I have my PC hooked up to a 26" HDTV, any bigger than that and you can't see the whole screen at once.cakeorrdeath

thats not true.

[QUOTE="cakeorrdeath"]I have my PC hooked up to a 26" HDTV, any bigger than that and you can't see the whole screen at once.daveg1

thats not true.

Do you have some kind of advanced peripheral vision?

[QUOTE="JLF1"]So why are hermits using HDTVs to add to the cost of consoles?Meu2k7

We dont? its a devil advocate trick applied to consolites that include monitors/KB/Mouse/Speakers/OS in PC price argeuments.

But hermits always laugh at how crappy 720p and 1080p is. Now its optimal. Make up your mind guys. And whats with all these PC threads. Ever since that article came out with the guy bragging about GLOBAL pc gaming being less than half the size of US (one country) console gaming, hermits have been on a rampage to make up for it.Senor_Kami

What? nobody says 720p or 1080p is "crap" ... hell my monitor only goes up to 1050P .... though ALL my games run at it unlike consoles... which alot of bigger games now are becoming 600P.....

Boasting technology they couldnt live up to.

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[QUOTE="cakeorrdeath"]I have my PC hooked up to a 26" HDTV, any bigger than that and you can't see the whole screen at once.cakeorrdeath

thats not true.

Do you have some kind of advanced peripheral vision?

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[QUOTE="cakeorrdeath"]I have my PC hooked up to a 26" HDTV, any bigger than that and you can't see the whole screen at once.cakeorrdeath

thats not true.

Do you have some kind of advanced peripheral vision?

Or you could sit back far enough. :P

I have my PC hooked up to a 26" HDTV, any bigger than that and you can't see the whole screen at once.cakeorrdeath

This is true I game on a 42" tv and I never noticed how much I miss until I had friends over while playing CoD4. My Friends kept shouting out things I didnt see every 10-15 seconds because my eyes were on the other side of the screen.

But I dont care i game for fun and it looks beautiful on my big TV set

[QUOTE="cakeorrdeath"]I have my PC hooked up to a 26" HDTV, any bigger than that and you can't see the whole screen at once.f50p90

This is true I game on a 42" tv and I never noticed how much I miss until I had friends over while playing CoD4. My Friends kept shouting out things I didnt see every 10-15 seconds because my eyes were on the other side of the screen.

But I dont care i game for fun and it looks beautiful on my big TV set

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[QUOTE="cakeorrdeath"]I have my PC hooked up to a 26" HDTV, any bigger than that and you can't see the whole screen at once.daveg1

This is true I game on a 42" tv and I never noticed how much I miss until I had friends over while playing CoD4. My Friends kept shouting out things I didnt see every 10-15 seconds because my eyes were on the other side of the screen.

But I dont care i game for fun and it looks beautiful on my big TV set

But they WERE concentrating on the game, and they werent seeing what I was seeing either

Or you could sit back far enough. :P

Zeliard9

I use my PC at a desk with a mouse and keyboard , how far could I possibly sit away?

Is it true that most PC gamers wear glasses because they sit so close to the screen most of the time and have back problems because they mostly sit on uncomfortable seats or is that a myth?

Is it true that most PC gamers wear glasses because they sit so close to the screen most of the time and have back problems because they mostly sit on uncomfortable seats or is that a myth?

ReverseCycology

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[QUOTE="cakeorrdeath"]I have my PC hooked up to a 26" HDTV, any bigger than that and you can't see the whole screen at once.Zeliard9

thats not true.

Do you have some kind of advanced peripheral vision?

Or you could sit back far enough. :P

yeah; i think you'd have to be pretty stupid to sit too close to a tv/monitor where you can't see the whole screen

yeah; i think you'd have to be pretty stupid to sit too close to a tv/monitor where you can't see the whole screen

tennisacerg

Or be using a desk like 99% of pc gamers.

Actually the hookup to HDTV was the reason I got one. I like to watch anime on my 32 inch Samsung.:)

Is it true that most PC gamers wear glasses because they sit so close to the screen most of the time and have back problems because they mostly sit on uncomfortable seats or is that a myth?

ReverseCycology

Sitting all day long in a bad chair can lead to back problems, so get a better chair.

I personally have a small room and a bad TV, so if I had a console I'd be playing it on my PC monitor in the same chair anyway.

I am kicking it on my 42" Westy. People used to bash Westinghouse, but the newer 1080p sets make EXCELLENT computer monitors. I have been using mine since Thanksgiving 2006 and I would never go back to anything smaller for my PC gaming. I sit about 3 1/2ft away from the screen.MadExponent

Hhaha, I'm 5 feet away from it. Pure LCD goodness.

Hunched over a 32 inch monitor in an office chair is better?Riverwolf007

Hunched? What are you people not capable of sitting up straight?

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]Hunched over a 32 inch monitor in an office chair is better?Meu2k7

Hunched? What are you people not capable of sitting up straight?

How can it be a myth. People with an ounce of sense know they can hook up their PC's to an HDTV. Only system wars trolls say otherwisecarlisledavid79

YOU LIE!

I know it's a huge conspiracy.

um....and who said the pc couldn't be hooked up to an hdtv? who?

Let alone your laptop has to be made to do this, or your desktop needs an graphics card capable of it, exactly how many pc users use this abbility? 5%?

No one has ever said this couldn't be done, so the hermits have nothing to say about it really.
P.S: hope the PC or laptop is strong enough to run true high def on that big tv, cause simply put its a very spec needed way of displaying your content, I have an laptop that barely scratches by puting 720p content on an 15inch screen.

Didn't this "myth" go away years ago? It seems like it's only brought up when someone wants to debunk it.

I am going to go create a "Smoking Safe - Myth debunked!" thread.

Actually the hookup to HDTV was the reason I got one. I like to watch anime on my 32 inch Samsung.:)

InfinityMugen

Thats the reason I got my HDTV. 720p anime is lovely. Make me wanna throw my DVD collection out the window.

Fact TC: average consumers hook up standard products to their TV like DVD player etc. Fact: only nerd hook up a PC to a TV. Fact: normal PC gamers/users own a proper monitor to go with their PC. razu_gamer2

Fact: If you play video games, you are a nerd. You are also talking about them on a video game forum on the web. You are a nerd.

Fact TC: average consumers hook up standard products to their TV like DVD player etc. Fact: only nerd hook up a PC to a TV. Fact: normal PC gamers/users own a proper monitor to go with their PC. razu_gamer2

I was going to hook up my HDTV to my pc I tried it with my VGA lead and I could only get 1024/768 L

I think this is because of my graphic card drivers ATI Radeon X1950 pro AGP 512mb GDDR3 or because that's the native res of the TV for VGA I'm not sure.

So I was then going to try DVI - HDMI and was informed by pc world that this was a crap connection and that I was better of sticking with a VGA to pc monitor, but surly DVI - HDMI is a digital connection rather than a VGA analogue connection would be better right?

Can anyone shed any light on this topic at all please?

I was going to hook up my HDTV to my pc I tried it with my VGA lead and I could only get 1024/768 L

I think this is because of my graphic card drivers ATI Radeon X1950 pro AGP 512mb GDDR3 or because that's the native res of the TV for VGA I'm not sure.

So I was then going to try DVI - HDMI and was informed by pc world that this was a crap connection and that I was better of sticking with a VGA to pc monitor, but surly DVI - HDMI is a digital connection rather than a VGA analogue connection would be better right?

Can anyone shed any light on this topic at all please?

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Is it true that most PC gamers wear glasses because they sit so close to the screen most of the time and have back problems because they mostly sit on uncomfortable seats or is that a myth?

EntwineX

Sitting all day long in a bad chair can lead to back problems, so get a better chair.

I personally have a small room and a bad TV, so if I had a console I'd be playing it on my PC monitor in the same chair anyway.

Lol is that a Westington TV?

I was going to hook up my HDTV to my pc I tried it with my VGA lead and I could only get 1024/768 L

I think this is because of my graphic card drivers ATI Radeon X1950 pro AGP 512mb GDDR3 or because that's the native res of the TV for VGA I'm not sure.

So I was then going to try DVI - HDMI and was informed by pc world that this was a crap connection and that I was better of sticking with a VGA to pc monitor, but surly DVI - HDMI is a digital connection rather than a VGA analogue connection would be better right?

Can anyone shed any light on this topic at all please?

sjm0699

It might be because your HDTV's resolution is 1024x768 and your PC is correctly identifying it as such.

Just a thought.

[QUOTE="razu_gamer2"]Fact TC: average consumers hook up standard products to their TV like DVD player etc. Fact: only nerd hook up a PC to a TV. Fact: normal PC gamers/users own a proper monitor to go with their PC. jangojay

Fact: If you play video games, you are a nerd. You are also talking about them on a video game forum on the web. You are a nerd.

my pc is hooked up to my tv. I'm not a nerd.

[QUOTE="razu_gamer2"]Fact TC: average consumers hook up standard products to their TV like DVD player etc. Fact: only nerd hook up a PC to a TV. Fact: normal PC gamers/users own a proper monitor to go with their PC. jangojay

Fact: If you play video games, you are a nerd. You are also talking about them on a video game forum on the web. You are a nerd.

Now hold on--Most kids in the US (not to mention Japan and elsewhere) play videogames, and a lot of adults now do, as well. Videogames are more than mainstream enough to no longer be considered "nerdy".

You may have a point about being on System Wars, though. ;)

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[QUOTE="razu_gamer2"]Fact TC: average consumers hook up standard products to their TV like DVD player etc. Fact: only nerd hook up a PC to a TV. Fact: normal PC gamers/users own a proper monitor to go with their PC. SeanBond

Fact: If you play video games, you are a nerd. You are also talking about them on a video game forum on the web. You are a nerd.

Now hold on--Most kids in the US (not to mention Japan and elsewhere) play videogames, and a lot of adults now do, as well. Videogames are more than mainstream enough to no longer be considered "nerdy".

You may have a point about being on System Wars, though. ;)

I'm just stereotyping like that guy.

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[QUOTE="razu_gamer2"]Fact TC: average consumers hook up standard products to their TV like DVD player etc. Fact: only nerd hook up a PC to a TV. Fact: normal PC gamers/users own a proper monitor to go with their PC. ff7isnumbaone

Fact: If you play video games, you are a nerd. You are also talking about them on a video game forum on the web. You are a nerd.

my pc is hooked up to my tv. I'm not a nerd.

I had mine hooked up to my TV for awhile, and I am most definitely a nerd.