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