View Full Version : Does "PC input socket" mean an LCD TV can be used as a monitor?


Dozy
30-04-2008, 21:29
Sorry if it's an entirely dumb question, but just want to be sure as the description doesn't actually state that it can be used as a monitor, and I don't want to find out it can't after I've bought the TV. :hihi:

ricky36
30-04-2008, 21:32
yes it can you just need a monitor lead

Dozy
30-04-2008, 21:35
yes it can you just need a monitor lead

Bless you! Now, can you tell me if the lead I have with my current CRT monitor is the sort I need - or will I need to buy another one?

ricky36
30-04-2008, 21:39
Bless you! Now, can you tell me if the lead I have with my current CRT monitor is the sort I need - or will I need to buy another one?

take the lead with when you buy the tv and see if it fits if you are buying online go into a shop and check. normally you will have to but a new lead to fit because the one you have may be to short. I take the lead you already have

Dozy
30-04-2008, 21:46
take the lead with when you buy the tv and see if it fits if you are buying online go into a shop and check. normally you will have to but a new lead to fit because the one you have may be to short. I take the lead you already have

Well, I'm getting it from Argos, so I'll take the lead with me and then go and have a coffee and try it out!!

If it isn't right, I assume I'll be able to get one from Maplins(?) - that shop opposite the Peace Gardens, they've helped me with stuff before.

Thanks again for your help.

Jabberwocky
30-04-2008, 21:50
An "LCD" telly now is it?

We`re getting a bit posh in our old age arent we??? ARENT WE?!?!?

I still have a black and white Bush with valves..

Ok that looked.... REALLY bad.

Ill bugger off.

ricky36
30-04-2008, 21:54
yes maplins sell the item

Dozy
30-04-2008, 22:20
An "LCD" telly now is it?

We`re getting a bit posh in our old age arent we??? ARENT WE?!?!?

I still have a black and white Bush with valves..

Ok that looked.... REALLY bad.

Ill bugger off.

Yeh - I'm dead posh, I am! A whole £79.99 for an LCD TV/Monitor, when will my extravagance end?

If you don't watch out, I'll be trading you in for a more up-to-date, high-tech model :hihi:

Jabberwocky
30-04-2008, 22:55
Yeh - I'm dead posh, I am! A whole £79.99 for an LCD TV/Monitor, when will my extravagance end?

If you don't watch out, I'll be trading you in for a more up-to-date, high-tech model :hihi:

Im the 1960s model and there are lots out there with better specs and more movable parts than me, I may have an obsolete motherboard and my RAM may be a little off kilter, but I have one thing that the newer verisons dont have..

I can smash wine glasses with my farts.

NOW tell me you want a younger model!

satsuma
01-05-2008, 11:15
Also, you need to check that your graphics card can output a resolution that the TV is capable of displaying.