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max12590 · 04-08-2005, 12:44 AM

Well, yea, you can use a TV as a monitor but the picture on an all but the best TVs is very very poor. It is up to you. I recommend you use a monitor and then a TV extra if you want to watch movies or something. On to your second question. Any card with an S-Video out will work. If you are lucky (unlike me) and your TV has an S-Video input then all you need is an S-Video cable, which will more than likely be included with your card. If all you have are the RCA component connectors (the old yellow=video, red=right, white=left), then you will need an adapter. This may or may not beincluded with your card.

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max12590 Masterful Geek Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 17 Male Posts: 1,016 Times Helpful: 76 Status: Offline My Computer	Well, yea, you can use a TV as a monitor but the picture on an all but the best TVs is very very poor. It is up to you. I recommend you use a monitor and then a TV extra if you want to watch movies or something. On to your second question. Any card with an S-Video out will work. If you are lucky (unlike me) and your TV has an S-Video input then all you need is an S-Video cable, which will more than likely be included with your card. If all you have are the RCA component connectors (the old yellow=video, red=right, white=left), then you will need an adapter. This may or may not beincluded with your card. __________________ In the words of a certain Battlefield 2 commander, "They're spawnin' like crazy at the Gas Station and then tryin' to Forrest Gump it down the Interstate."