Am getting a Sony Bravia LCD TV and it can connect to a pc. What kind of connecting cable would I need and when connected does it automatically show what's on the pc screen on the TV ? Cheers.

Am getting a Sony Bravia LCD TV and it can connect to a pc. What kind of connecting cable would I need and when connected does it automatically show what's on the pc screen on the TV ? Cheers.


A VGA cable (male connection) see link below. They can be bought from Maplins opposite the Town hall but be prepared to pay throught the nose if you buy from them. They are a lot cheaper if bought Online.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=vga+wire&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=3434554089&ref=pd_sl_4sk4ig65sy_b

THanks for that.

Beware, not all LCD TVs have a VGA (D-SUB 15 pin) connector.

Moreover, yours may have a DVI (digital) input, which will provide an improved quality over the VGA (analogue) input.

Check your TV first for what input ports it has, and check your PC for what output ports it has. Come back here with that info and I'm confident geeks on here (me included ;)) will be able to sort you out :hihi:

Will do. Thanks.

yes, it does come on the screen. i have a sony bravia and you go through
the av channels until you come to the pc input. its easy to do. takes longer
to describe than to set up. just connect your computer and switch to pc input.
i used the cables that came with the telly and it worked fine.

Cheers. Hopefully this will all work when I receive it on friday or I may be back on the forum !

The best and easiest to set up would be a dvi to hdmi connection, then in your grpx properties on the pc select 1366*768(or something close to this) as the resolution and it will give you a 720p output on the tv(your wanting to try and match the pc res. with the tv res. pixel for pixel) for 1080p(if supported) the res. is something around 1920*1080. Remember the sound will have to be set up seperate as it will not travel along the dvi>hdmi cable.
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Hopefully the TV will come with a lead so I'll plug it all in and see what happens then follow all the suggestions from forum members. If that doesn't work I'll be on here again at about 3-25pm this Friday !

I've got a Bravia, and connect with an s-video cable.
No cables came with the TV though...

There seem to be a lot of cable options. I'll wait and see what comes with it/what the manual says.

Apparently the pc input is a D-sub, whatever that is.

d-sub is the older vga connector (usually blue). DVI is the newer version (usually white), and you can get dvi -> HDMI adapters and cables pretty cheaply. If the TV supports both and your graphics card has a DVI out, that would give you a much better picture than d-sub (chances are you won't get a dvi -> hdmi lead with the TV).

Cheers for that.

I'd be very suprised if you got any cables for connecting the pc up.
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A lot of graphics cards (and PCs incorporating such cards) come with a DVI > DSUB adapter or dongle as standard. Then all you want is a simple VGA lead extension (female/male), for pennies :)

It all depends on what your PC output is, now.

In simple terms, lowest to highest image quality goes: HDMI > DVI > DSUB

and if your PC also has a more conventional 'TV-type' out: HDMI > DVI > DSUB > SCART > Svideo > Composite

('yellow round' video out is composite, but may instead be bespoke, e.g. Dell laptops' S-video dongles)

(component intentionally left out, really rare output from a PC)

Next question: have you thought about audio? Because it doesn't travel through that cable, btw :)

Just looked at the manual on screen am now even more confused ! there appear to be two connections.
http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/3298243611.pdf

Looking at that manual (page 17 is the relevant one), you've got 2 main choices - HDMI or VGA (d-sub).

Check your graphics card, if you have a DVI slot then get yourself a DVI to HDMI lead (or a dvi to hdmi adapter and an hdmi lead) and use that. That would give you the best picture.

If not then use a standard VGA cable (you're probably already using one to connect your PC to its monitor). Once it's plugged in and both TV and PC are on it's a matter of cycling through the different input options on the TV till you see your desktop.

Then as Loob says all you have to worry about is audio...

Thanks, that's pretty clear. Now, as for sound.............

In simple terms, lowest to highest image quality goes: HDMI > DVI > DSUB



AFAIK HDMI and DVI have the same quality as they are both digital and can connect to each other.
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Thanks to everyone.

AFAIK HDMI and DVI have the same quality as they are both digital and can connect to each other.

An interface is required between HDMI and DVI:
DVI out (PC) > DVI in (pass-through) > HDMI out (pass-through) > HDMI in (TV)
whereby a loss is incurred (however marginal it may be, it is likely to become noticeable on highest bandwidth image sequences e.g. 1080p).

No interface = no loss, so either of
DVI out (PC) to DVI in (TV)
HDMI out (PC) to HDMI in (TV)
would be an improvement over a DVI-to-HDMI solution.

The real advantage of HDMI over DVI (why I put it > DVI), is that it also carries digital sound. DVI does not.

Of course, the DVI-to-HDMI interface does not "magically pull the sound from the ether" either, so DVI-to-HDMI still only gives you image, not sound.

If you really want to get into it the latest range of ATI cards allows HD audio passthrough to HDMI so you actually get everything all in one. It's still new though and DRM appears to be making it an absolute PITA to set up, and of course it means buying a new video card.

Might be worth thinking about though, especially if you have a surround amp with HDMI.