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Tecmo said:
ruimartiniman said:

I suppose it´s better wait to get money to upgrade to a new graphics card , with two hdmi and/or dvi outputs.

think i might just save up some money and buy a new computer in the summer....do newer computers come standard with two hdmi and/or dvi outputs or do i have to specifically have them put on?

The best cards don't have hdmi, they have dvi usually. I also don't quite get your question. Do you want to have one screen just show your PC and the other your TV or both show the same thing or what exactly?



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mirgro said:
Tecmo said:
ruimartiniman said:

I suppose it´s better wait to get money to upgrade to a new graphics card , with two hdmi and/or dvi outputs.

think i might just save up some money and buy a new computer in the summer....do newer computers come standard with two hdmi and/or dvi outputs or do i have to specifically have them put on?

The best cards don't have hdmi, they have dvi usually. I also don't quite get your question. Do you want to have one screen just show your PC and the other your TV or both show the same thing or what exactly?

I just want to not have to switch between the analog and digital settings on my grahics card every time I want to watch a movie on the internet through my tv....I just want to be able to switch the source on my tv and have my computer output on my tv ( and like i said without having to switch between the analog to digital setting on my computer)



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I have my laptop hooked up to my HDTV and I use use the monitor function on my keyboard if I want to switch between the TV display and my Laptop display. Is that what you're trying to do?



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Tecmo said:
mirgro said:
Tecmo said:
ruimartiniman said:

I suppose it´s better wait to get money to upgrade to a new graphics card , with two hdmi and/or dvi outputs.

think i might just save up some money and buy a new computer in the summer....do newer computers come standard with two hdmi and/or dvi outputs or do i have to specifically have them put on?

The best cards don't have hdmi, they have dvi usually. I also don't quite get your question. Do you want to have one screen just show your PC and the other your TV or both show the same thing or what exactly?

I just want to not have to switch between the analog and digital settings on my grahics card every time I want to watch a movie on the internet through my tv....I just want to be able to switch the source on my tv and have my computer output on my tv ( and like i said without having to switch between the analog to digital setting on my computer)

Have you tried setting your PC as a dual screen where your TV is the 2nd screen. If you do it as mirrored it should show whatever is on the 2nd screen, the TV int his case, as what is on the monitor.



 

 Best route is def getting a better GFX card, you can get a decent one with dual output for like 40$ IIRC

 Also, in my experience, you are better off using DVI-VGA and using that port on your HDTV if you end up doing lots of gaming. You lose out on some monitor features usually, like pic in pic and some other option - because it does not get processed as much by the TV. This reduces any input latency you might see ppl complaining about.



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u can if ur graphic card supports it and u have two ports on it.

u can use both of them the same time too