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connect pc DVD-ROM to television??
Name: jsg1163 Date: March 10, 2006 at 18:41:23 Pacific OS: windows xp CPU/Ram: amd 2GHz / 756MB
Comment:
hello ppls... can some one please tell me how can i connect my computer's DVD-ROM to my television...i wanna do this so that i can play any avi, wmv, mpg etc. files straight to television.
i know a friend who's connected his CD ROM in his car to play mp3's so i thought there must be a way to connect DVD-ROM to tv.
any help on circuit diagram or anything relavent would be appriciated.
Name: jam Date: March 10, 2006 at 19:04:34 Pacific
Reply:
If you have a video card with TV-out, you can easily connect your PC to a television.
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Response Number 2
Name: jsg1163 Date: March 10, 2006 at 19:12:25 Pacific
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my PC is already connected to tele... this time i wanna connect my DVD-ROM (ONLY) to tele...
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Response Number 3
Name: wizard-fred Date: March 10, 2006 at 19:28:24 Pacific
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Forget it. A Computer DVD needs a computer to get the signal out.
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Response Number 4
Name: jsg1163 Date: March 10, 2006 at 19:33:04 Pacific
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dont give up so early mate... i've found something on google... lemme see if its any good, ill let u know..
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Response Number 5
Name: jackbomb Date: March 11, 2006 at 22:10:42 Pacific
Reply:
Just buy a cheap DVD player.
There are no TVs with IDE jacks on them. (lol)
And even if there were TVs with IDE jacks, you'd still need a decoder. Remember, a PC DVD drive doesn't have any built in MPEG-2 (DVD) decoder; it relies on the PC's host processor to do that.
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