I need help turning my TV into a monitor

[TylerDuelist84]

I'm going to be using my TV as a monitor, and I have my video card. What I need to know is what kind of sound card do I need. The input on the back of my tv is the Yellow/White/Red input. I'm really trying to keep my price range to $30.00 but I'm willing to go as high as $50.00. Also, I'd like it to work well with pc games such as Guild Wars and Fable: The Lost Chapters.

 

[A_DOG73]

Hello

I suggest getting a tv with VGA inputs on the back (like a flat panel lcd tv). With RCA i think the resolution is going to be really bad.

 

[A_DOG73]

Are you connecting via vga? For the sound you can buy a converter cable that connects to the red and white inputs on the back of your tv and the other side of the cable to the headphone jack on your pc.

 

[TylerDuelist84]

I'm connecting the video with an S-Video connection. I want to know what would be a good sound card to use. I just checked my TV and it has these audio/video input outlets: Red/White/Yellow, S-Video, Red/Green/Blue. Also, as I said on my first post, I prefer to stay under $30.00 but I'm willing to go as high as $50.00 if I must. I feel dumb for not posting this before. It must be PCI only, not AGP/PCI-Express.

Or I just thought of this: What kind of cable is it that you can plug in to the basic speaker input outlet on the computer and the other end is the Red/White audio cable that I can plug into my tv?

Lol, that funny you posted the samething I did at the same time.

 

[vnf4ultra]

Does your motherboard have any integrated audio? If so, then you don't need to buy any sound card. If not just get a cheap one like a soudblaster live 7.1 24bit, they're usually ~$30usd. I think you'd need a cable that goes from 1/8" jack on one end to two(red and white) rca jacks on the other. I think I've seen these, but don't know what they're called, or if they have a name.
Kinda like this.
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.a...38603&Type=PE&Category=Elec&Gad=0&dcaid=15890