Using A LCD Monitor As A TV

After all my initial troubles with my Hanns-G 19″ wide-screen monitor, it was eventually replaced with a standard 19″ monitor). So, I hooked it up to my desktop computer and after a while of using it, I really started getting annoyed with not having the extra width on the monitor. So I decided to use the monitor as a TV.

I first had to go buy a external TV box or a TV card for my PC. I decided to go with the TV box because I wanted it to run without a PC. If I need to use the monitor on my computer, then I can just run it through the external TV box.

The TV box I chose was the KWorld JetBlack Gamers Edition TV Box. It supports up to 1680X1050 high resolution screens with 1080i video input and is compatible with Playstation 2/3 and the Nintendo Wii. If you want it to work with the Xbox, you will have to use the Xbox HD VGA cable. You can also hook it up to a HD DVD play to watch DVD’s in high definition.

KWorld Jetblack Gamers Edition TV Box

Needless to say, the setup is perfect and the TV quality is superb. The other nice thing is that the box comes with all the cables you will need for pretty much any input and output devices and it also comes with a remote control.

I paid about R400 for the TV box (about $40) which I feel is very reasonable. You can get a 22″ wide-screen nowadays for about R2000 and so a full flat screen TV (with high definition gaming) will cost less than R2500. A bargain if you ask me