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I'm interested in hooking up my computer to my TV to use it as a PC monitor but I was told doing so could damage the TV itself, I assume it would be from uneccissary strains on the TV from stuff like video games. But I know nothing so can someone lend some advice? I don't want to burn images into my television

Plasma TV's will suffer from urn in. I'm guessing probably because your desktop background is a static image and doesn't change also burn in from your desktop icon's.

LCD TV's won't suffer that much.

Normal TV's will be fine.

So what type of TV  you got LCD, Plama, CRT type tv?

If you're looking to hook up a normal TV for normal use, I would recommend against it simply because a normal TV's resolution is awful. If you want to try anyways (It's nice to play games or watch movies on the TV), your TV will either need to support a kind of video mode supported by your computer's video card.  Various connections exist, for example: standard RGB (normal monitor cable), S-Video, HDMI.  Do some research about which types of video input/output your computer and TV support.

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Originally posted by joemailey
Plasma TV's will suffer from urn in. I'm guessing probably because your desktop background is a static image and doesn't change also burn in from your desktop icon's.

LCD TV's won't suffer that much.

Normal TV's will be fine.

So what type of TV  you got LCD, Plama, CRT type tv?

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I have a LCD TV, so how badly will it be damaged? Because it's a fairly new TV and I don't want to break it.

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Originally posted by TheSteve
If you're looking to hook up a normal TV for normal use, I would recommend against it simply because a normal TV's resolution is awful. If you want to try anyways (It's nice to play games or watch movies on the TV), your TV will either need to support a kind of video mode supported by your computer's video card.  Various connections exist, for example: standard RGB (normal monitor cable), S-Video, HDMI.  Do some research about which types of video input/output your computer and TV support.

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Yeah the only hook up I have is the VGA RGB input on both my TV and laptop so I figure I'll buy a double male VGA cable.

If it's an LCD it will be fine just try not to leave it on when you're not doing anything but i doub't you'll notice burn unless you leave it on a lot with stuff in the same place.

VGA cable and set the resolution (probably 1366x720 if it's a 720p/1080i HD LCD)

it won't *damage* your tv, it just might burn your wallpaper in to your screen.

just get a screensaver or turn it off when not in use.

Sorry for posting this guys, really i am.  But im having trouble i got both a vga and s video cable attached to my tv but it keeps saying "no supported timing" can someone tell me what this means? I pressed the RGB button on my remote control which i think is the only way to the computer.

If your Graphics card has an S-Vid output, use it. It doesn't look like the VGA is working.
If the TV has an "AV" button on it somewhere, press it a few times to make sure it's not on the wrong input.

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Originally posted by Ryxpia
If your Graphics card has an S-Vid output, use it. It doesn't look like the VGA is working.
If the TV has an "AV" button on it somewhere, press it a few times to make sure it's not on the wrong input.

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Originally posted by Hybrid
Sorry for posting this guys, really i am.  But im having trouble i got both a vga and s video cable attached to my tv but it keeps saying "no supported timing" can someone tell me what this means?

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Generally it means the resolution you currently have set is either too high or low and not supported by the TV - either that or the refresh rate settings are too high/low.

If you have the manual for your TV, most recent manuals include resolution information on supported resolutions for the monitor - take a look at that.

Try reducing the resolution settings and see if that fixes it. If not, there are a few other things you can try.