Can I use a plasma HDTV as a computer monitor?

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I am thinking of buying a plasma HDTV and *occasionally* using it as a
computer display (not enough to cause burn-in.) The problem is it doesn't
have an input for a PC monitor cable, maybe that's because it's a low-end
plasma:
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/pr [...] &~lt=popup

Is there a converter I could buy for this purpose that should convert a VGA
signal from a PC to an input that will display at high resolution?

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"Adam Corolla" <nospam@nospam03550265902.com> wrote in
news:0cGdna_Fj-J0EqneRVn-hA@giganews.com:

> I am thinking of buying a plasma HDTV and *occasionally* using it as a
> computer display (not enough to cause burn-in.) The problem is it
> doesn't have an input for a PC monitor cable, maybe that's because
> it's a low-end plasma:
> http://www1.us.dell.com/content/pr [...] plasma_w42
> 00hd_popup?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~lt=popup
>
> Is there a converter I could buy for this purpose that should convert
> a VGA signal from a PC to an input that will display at high
> resolution?

Some monitors have a VGA input that you can connect direct to a PC. And
some video cards (e.g. my Radeon 9550) have DVI out that can send an HDTV
signal to a TV.


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