First, sorry if this isn't in the right area of posting. This is kind of a cross between PC's and TV's. Ok with that said I plan on getting a new 32" Samsung LCD TV this Christmas and I wanted to use it as a secondary monitor for when I watch tv from Media Center or watch movies. I know using it as a primary monitor will dumb down the resolution to a mir 1366 x 768 resolution. A big difference from my already 1680 x 1050 on my monitor. So I came up with the idea of using a DVI-D splitter cable so when I send the signal out of the PC, it will split between the monitor and the TV like using clone setting off a video card. My question is if I went and did this kind of setup using a resolution of 1680 x 1050 (Monitor resolution), would the TV be able to see the signal or would I get a blank screen? If I receive an image, would it fill the entire screen? If no image, is there a way to do this while maintaining the monitor resolution of 1680 x 1050 and still be able to send the same signal to the monitor as well? Or could I just use the second port in my Nvidia card and have the same resolution on both screens? Any answers would be of use as I am completly stuck on this one.
Forgot to mention this but I do have an XBOX 360 that is networked and I have Windows Media center on my PC. So if everything else fails I just wanted to ask if at the very least I could watch TV through the XBOX 360 as an extender on the TV.
Forgot to mention this but I do have an XBOX 360 that is networked and I have Windows Media center on my PC. So if everything else fails I just wanted to ask if at the very least I could watch TV through the XBOX 360 as an extender on the TV.