Connect PC to Widescreen TV

owenhennessy@ho

Hi,

I just purchased a new Philips 26PF5521D - 26" Widescreen HD Ready LCD TV and a new Dell Dimension C521.
I need to know what connection leads I need to put the two together.
Can anyone help me?

Cheers,
Owen

Tom Dunne

What input ports does the TV have? What output ports does the computer have?

owenhennessy@ho

Hey Tom,

Thanks for replying.
The inputs are listed as follows for the TV:
Inputs: 1 composite, 1 S-Video, 1 component, 1 VGA, 1 RF

For the PC the ports are as follows:
Externally Accessible
Video: 1 DVI, VGA and 1 S-Video (with add-in PCI-Express video card)
USB: 6 Ports (2 Front, 4 Back) + 2 internal
Audio: Audio – six back-panel connectors for line-in, line-out, microphone, rear surround, side surround, SPDIF interface in rear, two front-panel connectors for headphones/microphone, integrated 7.1 channel sound

Cheers,
Owen

Khannie

vga to vga is probably your best bet for convenience (you will get very decent picture quality with that). I use that for my projector and it's spot on.

Just make sure the computer outputs at the native resolution of your new TV.

owenhennessy@ho

Thanks Khandyman
Owen

Tom Dunne

owenhennessy@ho wrote:

Thanks Khandyman

Khannie wrote:

vga to vga is probably your best bet for convenience (you will get very decent picture quality with that). I use that for my projector and it's spot on. ....