Hi Folks, Once again picking the brains of the hardware-savvy amongst you!
A friend of mine has asked me about what to get for a flat-screen which can double as TV and computer display screen.
The size would need to be big enough to serve as a comfortable YV (so, I guess, at least 19/21 inch, probably larger).
The intention is to plug the TV aerial into the back and use it as the TV, or plug the computer in and use it as the display.
One computer is a not-too-recent laptop (no details held), but not very old. Dunno whether it has an S-video socket.
Two other computers are rather old desktops dating back some 10 years (and with a Win of the vintage of Win 98 as OS, though I'm not certain of the exact version). Almost certainly no S-video, probably only standard monitor socket on video card.
I'm clueless[*] about this sort of hardware question, so I'm asking for advice/comments!
I guess the real question is whether a standard monitor socket can be connnectied to a TV (for suitable choice of TV); with associated question of whether large screen size may not work well with the computer.
With thanks, Ted.
[*] Not completely -- I have succeeded in connecting a recentish laptop to a TV using an adaptor cable from Maplin's, with S-video (1 connector) plus audio (2 connectors plus adptor to stero plug-in for computer's line-out socket) at the computer end, and a SCART plug at the other end for the TV. But this may be irrelevant for the present question!
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