How can i watch movies in my TV from my pc?

Hello, i have a sharp aquos lcd hdtv, it has the normal coax connections along with the older rca jack input, also has the hdmi input.(nothing else)

Now ill gladly add whatever you tell me to my dell dimensions pc....how can i do this??

I have a hdmi cable right there going to the dish network HD receiver???

thanks for your help

 

You need to have a video card that can output HDMI. The radeon HD4350 (cost 40.00) has an hdmi output built-in. Next all you would do is connect a HDMI cable from the computer to your TV. I have this video card and it is a very good card for the price.
This will turn your LCD into one big monitor. You will be able to watch movies surf the net etc on your TV.
Some TV's actually have VGA inputs (my olevia 27 inch lcd has them), you can use that instead of HDMI. but VGA won't transmit an audio signal, you would need to use your PC speakers. So check your TV, if it has a VGA input, you don't need to buy a video card.
HDMI on the other hand will transmit both video and audio through the cable.

If you want to watch TV through the computer you need a tuner card (hvr 1600 or similar). Then you can hookup the dishtv to your pc tuner card and watch/record tv on your PC.

 

will the sound travel through this cable as well?
If not how do i do that?

thanks

 

with the radeon hd4350 the HDMI output will output 7.1 surround sound as well as full 1920x1080 HD.

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk.../Pages/ati-radeon-hd-4300-specifications.aspx

 

thanks for all the help, i see some of these that have 512mb and others that are 1 gb....for what im going to use it for does it make any difference?

 

thanks for all the help, i see some of these that have 512mb and others that are 1 gb....for what im going to use it for does it make any difference?

 

I have the 512mb card. I don't know if the 1gb will show any difference.