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I am going shopping tomorrow for an lcd tv for my room probably 26" (66cm) or 32" (81cm) depending on what kind of specials i can find.

anyway my question is, whilst i will primarily use it as a tv i want to be able to connect my laptop up to it from time to time. I was wondering what is the best way to do this? I connect this laptop up to my current tv (normal, standard television) using S-video and that works ok I was just wondering if there is a better option.

I have seen some of the tvs have pc input written in their description and was wondering what that meant in terms of connecting it.

What would achieve the best quality? I want to be able to watch some movies i have on my harddrive as well as play some games on the big screen. Ease of use is also an issue. I want to be able to switch of straight away when i want it, so no need for looking for cables and moving around to plug it in at the back etc so i can leave it plugged in and it will not affect my normal day to day use.

One other question is would i be able to set this as an extra monitor that keeps its settings when i switch to it (ie resolution) cos at the moment i have a key binding (alt + f5) that switches the monitor to the tv and turns the laptop monitor off but i then have to squint on the blurry crappy tv to change the resolution to 600 X 800 so i can make out the words. (hopefully this wont be a problem on an lcd )

So if there are any other methods of connecting that i may be unaware of, or you have any experience in doing this please let me know, possibly with some links to cables etc??

Thanks for the advice.

Daniel