I am a little retarded when it comes to technology.I found this monitor that I really like(its a ViewSonic 19 LCD Monitor in case anyone is wondering.).ANYWAYS-It says that it can be either a TV or a computer monitor.My question is-When it says thatcan I use it as a monitor AS WELL as my tv? I don't have cable in my bedroom. All I would do is hook up my computer and my dvd player to it.Is that a totally retarded question? Does that even make sense? Can someone help me? :)
There's no such thing as a dumb question. If you have a computer monitor that can be used as a TV you can watch movies on your computer. Just put the dvd into the cd port and the monitor should get a dialog box directing you how to start the movie. As far as I know you can't actually use the computer monitor as a TV. I think it can only be used to watch dvds on.
It means if you plug a card into your pc you can use it as a tv screen
well. it's not going to magically get you cable. think of it as a tv you could hook some rabbit ears up to it to get some channels, but you still need cable to get cable!
You could install a TV Tuner card in your PC? The software with ATI TV cards let you use the computer and watch TV in a smaller window (or watch full screen).
It might mean that the monitor has a TV tuner in it; if so, sweet. You should be able to use it as both without too much trouble, since that's what they would've designed it for. If you aren't able to get a cable signal to it somehow, I'm not sureif it's able to pick up a few channels just on the airwaves, that's great, otherwise you might want to look at a cable splitter or something.
