Connecting your computer to your television can give you a much larger and higher definition image than your monitor might provide. If you want to connect your computer to your TV, then your VGA, or graphics, card must have TV-out compatibility. There are multiple ways your graphics card can connect to your TV using a variety of different jacks and connectors. Once you have checked you will simply need the appropriate cables to begin using your TV as a monitor.
Instructions
1. Move your computer so that you can have a look at it from behind. Locate your video card by following the cable that trails from your monitor to the back of your computer.
2. Check for an S-video jack at the back. This is a black round connector with space for multiple pins inside of it. This is the most common type of connector to connect to your TV. TVs often have S-video input jacks as well.
3. You can connect to your TV with composite cables and jacks.
Check for a composite tulip jack. These are often yellow, and contain video data. TVs commonly feature tulip composite jacks in sets of three--red, white, and yellow. The red and white connectors are for each audio channel, and the yellow is for video, i.e., your computer.
4. Connect the DVI to your HDTV.
Check for a DVI jack. DVI jacks are the wide white connectors (your monitor may be connected using this jack). New HDTVs sometimes feature DVI input jacks; alternatively, you can purchase DVI to HDMI (the common HDTV input jack) cables.
5. Some modern TVs can connect directly to VGA.
Check your TV for a VGA input. Some modern TVs now feature VGA inputs which mean that no matter what connectors your graphics card has, you will be able to connect it to your TV.
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