TV as a monitor
 

I've been trying to find a way to hook up my Tv to my computer and use it was my monitor, but I can't find any cables that look like they would work. Does anyone know what I would need to do this?

You need a video card with tv out... almost all the new video cards have it...

Damnit, Is there any way to do this with an old peice of shit computer?

The only way i can think of is if you upgrade your computer, and puit a new vid card in it. You might have to upgrade the processor if its THAT old of a piece of shit computer.

You can buy a signal converter. It's not just a cable. If your vid card doesn't have TV out, you'll need a box.

Updgrade processor for what? Makes no sense...

Well you see, the driver code for video cards will only work on proccessors so far back. You're not going to be able to run a Radeon 9600 on a 486 rig, because the drivers are definately going to require a Pentium, if not a Pentium 2.

Even if you had a pII, it STILL wouldn't run at what it should because the processor can't keep up with card, you would probably have to upgrade your ram too.

Bryan, what I recommend is Either buy a new video card with tv out, (get the appropirate cables) , and rig it up. Because besides that, theres no real way that you can rig it up without building new stuff, which is a complete waste of time.

if you have a low budget then go to radioshack or something.. get a box (if they still sell them) that box conects to vga out on your motherboard and has a video output for a tv.. then you are set.. if they still sellit it will cost you around 15 dollars

They even have GeForce2's with Tv/out, so you can get a 30-50 dollar one...