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    Oct 29, 2007, 03:18 PM
    Computer monitor as substitute for a TV
    Is it posible for me to hook up a regular computer monitor to my Directv box and use it as my TV receiver?
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    Oct 29, 2007, 03:20 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by doug1943
    Is it posible for me to hook up a regular computer monitor to my Directv box and use it as my TV reciever?
    Do your cables fit between the two devices? They usually don't match.
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    Oct 29, 2007, 05:36 PM
    Computer monitors and TV's use vastly different video systems. You can buy adapters. I in fact have one, a View Sonic. It has inputs for ''S'' video, RCA jacks for video and sound, computer RGB, and RF. I have my TV antenna connected to a DVD/VCR. It feeds the View Sonic. If I can figure out which buttons to push, I can choose to display the computer, the VCR, the DVD, or a TV broadcast on the computer monitor. Sound from any input can go to a box radio I have connected to the View Sonic. It is a VB50HRTV. My son in law picked it up at Circuit City. There are some other devices too.
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