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of Cables and Monitors and Wiis and Junk
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wordJamaica Plain, MARegistered User regular
wordJamaica Plain, MARegistered User regular
So I have the hugest, shittiest TV in the world in my room right now, and in the interest of having more space in which to put things while I'm away at school my mom has offered to get me a nice TV to save space and stuff, and I suggested just getting a sweet computer monitor instead.
I'm looking at this thing: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005125 for price range and stuff, my friend also has a very similar monitor from LG and loves it. Unless someone knows some horrible secret about this thing, I'm not really looking for someone to guide me on which monitor to get.
What I need help on is this: I want to use it as both a monitor for my laptop and a TV for playing Wii and junk on. Being a computer monitor, it obviously has no RCA in or anything like that. The monitor comes with a VGA cable (which is all my laptop can handle anyhow, but this is also an investment for forthcoming desktops), so the computer end is taken care of. What I need to know is what to buy to make it work with my Wii and with no input lag (I play a lot of Super Smash Brothers).
As I understand it, I need to get component cables for the Wii from Nintendo, but from there where do I go? Is there an adapter that goes from component out to HDMI in?
The monitor has HDMI, DVI-D and VGA ports.
I'm aware that this is in some way kind of pointless to get because I don't have an HD console or a computer that can even send the signal in a protocol that would take advantage of the monitor, but as I said it's an investment for the future as well.
EDIT: Is there a cheaper alternative to the Nintendo component cables? Like a third-party brand that doesn't cost thirty dollars?
I'm looking at this thing: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005125 for price range and stuff, my friend also has a very similar monitor from LG and loves it. Unless someone knows some horrible secret about this thing, I'm not really looking for someone to guide me on which monitor to get.
What I need help on is this: I want to use it as both a monitor for my laptop and a TV for playing Wii and junk on. Being a computer monitor, it obviously has no RCA in or anything like that. The monitor comes with a VGA cable (which is all my laptop can handle anyhow, but this is also an investment for forthcoming desktops), so the computer end is taken care of. What I need to know is what to buy to make it work with my Wii and with no input lag (I play a lot of Super Smash Brothers).
As I understand it, I need to get component cables for the Wii from Nintendo, but from there where do I go? Is there an adapter that goes from component out to HDMI in?
The monitor has HDMI, DVI-D and VGA ports.
I'm aware that this is in some way kind of pointless to get because I don't have an HD console or a computer that can even send the signal in a protocol that would take advantage of the monitor, but as I said it's an investment for the future as well.
EDIT: Is there a cheaper alternative to the Nintendo component cables? Like a third-party brand that doesn't cost thirty dollars?
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Get something that has component inputs. An adapter is a PITA.
You'd be surprised, though these days the line between TVs and monitors is blurry. A HDTV is basically a really large monitor with analog inputs, but you can easily buy a monitor that is basically a smaller TV with fewer inputs. That one is $300 with component and S-Video inputs, 1080p.