Computers & Home Networking

[andiarena]

I'm wanting to hook up my tv to my compt.  I want to use my big screen tv like a monitor and use the computer as normal, and i also want to be able to download movies to the computer and watch them on that screen?  My tv and my compt are compatible, my tv has a dvi connection and my computer has the capability to connect the cable directly to it.  I have a wireless router, and my cable modem are in another room.  I can easily run a cable from the back of the computer to the wireless router.  thats on the right track, right?  Then, in order to download and play movies from like netflix- does the tv bascially just run off of another video input? I also have a dvr hooked up to this tv- is there a way to incorporate all of this? i realize the compt has media center that can also record shows- could my dvr be replaced by just using this?  Any info would be appreciated and thanks a bunch!

Tonya

[Drew-Intel]

do you want to hook up the television to the computer in addition to a standard monitor for the PC? or in place of?

to get video on the television, you'll want to run a DVI cable from the computer's video card output to the television input. set the television to the correct video input (maybe 'DVI' or 'PC' or something), and check if you get a signal. if you're also connected to a computer monitor at the same time, you may need to change the settings in windows to also display to the television.