Help with DVI cables PC to TV?

Question

If I have a PC monitor with VGA and DVI ports I'm actually using the VGA ports for my PC so the DVI is useless. Now I want to connect the PC to the TV (to show the PC on the TV) would it work if I buy a DVI cable and plug it in from the monitor to the TV?

Answer 1

To connect to both your monitor and a TV from your PC, you would need a video card with 2 outputs.  For example if you got a video card with both VGA and DVI, you could run the VGA to your existing monitor and DVI to the TV (with either a DVI cable, or DVI to HDMI cable if the TV has HDMI).

Or most LCD TV's also have a VGA port (sometimes called 15-pin RGB).  And most video cards with VGA and DVI include a DVI to VGA adapter, since that DVI socket has both digital and analog signals.

Answer 2

NO!!!!!!  You must go from the PC to the TV with some type of cable.  The inputs on monitor are not outputs.