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Using my TV as a third monitor?

Last post 05-26-2008, 4:56 PM by Baer. 1 replies.
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  •  05-26-2008, 3:29 PM 327166

    Using my TV as a third monitor?

    So currently I have an 8800gts powering two dell 20 inch widescreen monitors. Its a great setup and I'm pretty happy with it. I'm probably going to end up buying a new tv this summer though, which will go in my room eventually. I'm looking at a 32 inch Sony LCD.

     I have lots of media on my computer and I'll obviously want someway of displaying the video and such on my TV since it will all be in the same room. So what is the best way to go about doing this?

     I'm on 64 bit vista. Can I pop in a cheap PCI card and power the TV off of that? Or what? I'm open to any help, thanks!


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  •  05-26-2008, 4:56 PM 327188 in reply to 327166

    Re: Using my TV as a third monitor?

    I would think that adding a second (PCI) card would do it for you. I used to run two cards to use two monitors years ago before the old GeForce4 MX came out with dual outputs.

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