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