TV as Computer monitor

[jugger_naut]

I have a Compaq Presario running on Windows ME thats basically loaded with the latest hardware.I'm trying to hook it up to a Sony TV thru S-video,but all I get is a little flash when I reboot.How the hell can I use my TV as a monitor?

[tater1969]

on my tv i have press 00 on my remote

[jeex]

you may have to enable tv out. i have an ati all in wonder card, and i have to enable tv out by going to "display properties". if that doesnt work for you, try calling compaq up and asking them how to do so.

1-800-OK-COMPAQ

good luck fock a duck

[nfl2k2]

How's tv compared to a monitor in quality? is it that big of a difference?

[PORNOST4R]

Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig diference.

But You can use TV for watching divx and everything else. The best thing for that is a VGA-to-TV converter.

P.

[muscletr]

I hear that the program TVtool works great but mainly on PAL systems. I bought a scan converter and it makes a huge difference in the tv image quality. I was never able to get TVtool to work properly on my system though

[ember]

I got a tv out and tried connecting to my tv: I used s-vhs cable to a converter (input/output with video/audio in and scart out)and connected to my tv using the scart connector on the converter - but I got b/w picture. I've tried increasing the colour on my tv - but no success. Im not a big fan of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin and was hoping to see some colour movies. Any ideas how to get colour ??

[mijman]

On the first computer I put together, I thought, "I'll get an All in Wonder card, run it to my 19'' TV and I won't have to buy a monitor." Good in theory...in practice though, I could not read any of the text. I blew up the font size so I could read it, but the Windows error messages were still the normal size. Even though I knew Windows was complaining about something, I could not read what it was! Nightmarish. I know NOW why that was, because I was trying to read a 640x480 display on a 352x240 screen.