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healimonster
09-06-2005, 11:08 PM
Hello People that know more about hardware than I do.
I am about to move into a small no space place in NYC.
I will be leaving my duel monitor desktop behind and try to live off my laptop alone. I will also be leaving my large CRT TV behind.

I was wondering could I use an extra LCD monitor as a TV display?
I know it certainly doesn't have a tuner, but what can I use it for other than a computer display? This is the monitor.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824004005
Which I will say is probably the best $200 monitor out there.

Do digital cable boxes have DVI out?
Can I hook up my XBOX to it?
Are there cheap tuner cards I could use with my laptop to make it work as a TV monitor?

Thanks for any advice.

healimonster
09-09-2005, 05:33 PM
Any suggestions?

Just trying to figure out what I need to do to use a monitor as a TV with out a computer.

Darth Sushi
09-09-2005, 09:30 PM
Any suggestions?

Just trying to figure out what I need to do to use a monitor as a TV with out a computer.
http://www.avtoolbox.com/tv4000.shtml

healimonster
09-10-2005, 03:49 AM
cool, thank you.

Anyone use this thing?