| The point to using a PC to TV scan converter is to be | | | | for the video VGA port of the desktop PC and plug in |
| able to source PC video output from the desktop | | | | your basic PC to TV cable. The other end of the PC |
| computer itself then deliver it via the PC to TV scan | | | | to TV cable should then be linked to your functional |
| converter to a functional television set. Usually, before | | | | TV set. With a few minor tweaking, you then have a |
| you opt for a PC to TV scan converter, you would | | | | fully functional PC to TV video display system and can |
| opt for a basic PC to TV cable first to do the same | | | | start watching DVDs or playing video games using |
| thing as the PC to TV scan converter does (which is | | | | your TV set as a monitor. It's simple right? |
| deliver that valuable PC video output to be displayed | | | | A PC to TV scan converter, on the other hand, can |
| on the functional television set.) | | | | be a bit more expensive than the above option, but |
| You should always bear in mind that, regardless of | | | | you might be able to get a great deal for them at |
| which of these two options you choose, you shouldn't | | | | online direct merchants than real-world retailers. If you |
| expect that your TV set will display the same type of | | | | are relying on an external scan converter, this too is a |
| image clarity and resolution that you have come to | | | | Plug and Play option and will not require that you probe |
| expect from computer monitors. Yes, the TV set is | | | | into the internal workings of your desktop PC |
| bigger than your basic desktop computer monitor but | | | | (especially not the CPU which hold the brains and |
| the technology behind them is rather different - which | | | | internal organs of your PC system.) This too requires |
| basically boils down to the fact that your TV set has | | | | just looking for that VGA cable that should be |
| less advanced image display technology than a | | | | attached at one end to the PC and at the other end to |
| computer monitor. Once you can accept this fact, you | | | | the converter itself. You then link the converter to the |
| may be satisfied anyway with the fact that your TV | | | | TV unit. |
| can still be a pretty good alternative type of computer | | | | A last bit of advice about PC to TV scan converters - |
| monitor and can show you video images like those | | | | there are now wireless PC to TV scan converters |
| from movies and PC games anyway. | | | | which allow you to place your PC in your den maybe |
| Now when do you use a PC to TV scan converter | | | | then the TV in the adjacent room. Once you start up |
| and when do you use a basic PC to TV cable? The | | | | the whole convoluted system, you find the wireless |
| advantage with the latter (which is the more common | | | | system gives you a bit more freedom than the Plug |
| choice of people - techies and consumers alike) is that | | | | and Play version. But both are acceptable options for |
| it is a fairly simple piece of electronic equipment. It falls | | | | you. |
| under the term Plug and Play - which means you look | | | | |