flat screen tv as monitor

[david]

On Sunday 06 July 2008 3:47:37 am Hans Henry von Tresckow wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 7:31 PM, david <d.mcglone at att.net> wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I recently acquired a philips 21in flat screen TV and I would like to use
> > it
> > as a monitor for my desktop.
> >
> > Earlier today I fired it up on my desktop using an S-Video cable because
> > it didn't have a vga to DMI cable and the picture was grainy and the
> > fonts were
> > completely unreadable. It was horrible. I managed to get a half-way
> > decent looking desktop by using 800x600, but this makes everything so big
> > that it doesn't fit and the whole desktop scrolls when you move the
> > cursor to either
> > side.
> >
> > My question is, would I get a better picture if I used a VGA to DMI cable
> > instead of the S-Video cable? Or do I need to get a better Graphics card?
> > Or
> > should I just give up hope alltogether?
> >
> > --
> > David M.
>
> By all means, get a VGA to DMI cable. The  SVGA signal is still just at
> SDTV resolution. I have tested my laptop on my 40" sony, and the picture
> was great.

Here are the specs for this tv. I'm wondering if i'll be able to get a better 
picture with the DMI cable since from what I understand this tv can only get 
800x600 max resolution. What do you think?

http://electronics.pricegrabber.com/plasma-lcd-televisions/m/14794624/details/

-- 
David M.