Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Just One Wire to Use your TV as a Giant Computer Monitor

If you have a relatively new flat-screen TV and a relatively new lapTop you can easily use your TV as a giant monitor for your lapTop. And this means you can start enjoying the many online video sites that are carrying your favorite content - from classic TV shows to spanking new 30 Rock or Saturday Night Live episodes.

Last night I watched the Mary Tyler Moore show where Rhoda decides to move to NY to take a job at Bloomingdales. Took me back... Oh yeah and the original Bob Newhart show. And for the intelligentsia, don't worry, they have every Gilligan's Isle ever made. That's right - Ginger and Mary Ann together again.

Some of the better online video sites:

Hulu.com
TV.com
ABC.com
Discovery.com
YouTube.com

There's hundreds of them. All you need is one wire - an HDMI cable. Connect your lapTop HDMI slot to your TV HDMI slot and you're surfing the internet. Is it time to quit paying for cable? Check it out - you decide.

BTW - HDMI stands for - High Definition MultiMedia Interface

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