Making a TV out of the monitor with your own hands

Today, you can buy any TV in the store, from the budget to the most prestigious model, but not everyone can afford it even if the old TV ordered to live long. There is a simple way out: use a computer display. You can buy a new one (in stores it is cheaper than a TV) or use an old one that you don’t want It remains only to find out how to make a TV from a monitor.

We are upgrading a CRT monitor

When monitors with an LCD screen came into fashion, the old ones with cathode ray tubes were no longer needed, but the zealous owners hid them for some time - now the moment has come when you can give a second life to such an old product. When asked how to make a TV out of an old monitor, there is a simple answer: you need to remove the control unit from its depths,video card, and the necessary parts for re-equipment to buy in a special store. The main thing is to be VGA input - it is impossible to use the monitor as a TV without this important detail, and there are no problems with it, because all monitors of the old guard have such a port for connecting the system unit.

If you do not understand anything in the diagrams and connection options of television equipment, then you will not be able to make a TV out of a monitor on your own, here you need certain knowledge and skills.

For the future product it is necessary to purchase such parts and components:

1. The most important functional device of any TV is color module: the quality of the image - color or black and white - depends on its reliable operation.
2. Radio TVIts main purpose is to select from all the intermediate frequency signals only the necessary ones (video and audio).
3. Control unitwho is responsible for setting up and controlling the operation of the product in manual or remote mode.

To make a TV with your own hands, we install new nodes into the case of the product, connect them with the necessary modules to the wire. Perhaps to enhance the quality you will need to solder several resistors,after that, conduct a comprehensive check - and you can use the modified device as a TV.

LCD connection

Today, many users have abandoned a stationary computer, and switched to more comfortable laptops, so the liquid crystal, not yet old and well-functioning monitor is quite useful for using it as a TV.

It will be necessary to walk for some time along special radio markets, where spare parts, components and accessories are sold to buy:

• television tuner;
• splitter and cable for digital TV;
• An antenna and a wire for connecting it if you are using a signal from a city television network.

Before you go to the store, you should read tuner selection rules, cable for high quality broadcast and antennas. A new product will need to be connected to the home electrical network. two sockets at least one for the tuner, and the second for the monitor itself. From the back we fix the tuner and its power supply, we bring in the antenna wire, we plug in the cord to activate the display. That's all the wisdom of how to make a TV out of a monitor with your own hands.

The tuner is already there built-in speakerso you can get by with its sound, but music lovers should connect external acoustics to extend the range of the sound range. It may be soundbarhome cinema with subwoofer or columns from music center. The tuner catches the signals perfectly, but unlike digital TV there is no HD quality - this is the only drawback. All settings are in English, but they are intuitive.

We must not forget that LCD products transmit a clearer picture, where the image quality is much higher than that of CRT monitors, so various interferences will be seen better.

Disadvantages of LCD Monitors When Watching Videos

We explained how to make the LCD monitor a TV, but we must take into account the following points:

• signal response time;
• viewing angle;
• contrast and light;
• black depth.

It is peculiar to computer display longer response time on signal and smaller viewing angle, but for TV it is nonsense, therefore TV viewing rules for computer monitors are not relevant. In this case, the viewer should sit strictly in front of the new home product, at a right angle - otherwise black spots will appear,the picture will be distorted. High-quality viewing is guaranteed when viewed directly into the TV. If the depth of black is insufficient, all impressions will be spoiled, especially in the twilight, and if the contrast is too high, the viewer will see a flat image on the screen.

These are the negative consequences that await you if you use the LCD monitor as another TV and do not take into account the above recommendations during the connection.

Most tuners come with a VGA input, and monitors are DVI and VGA; they need to take into account their maintenance of such TV parameters as PAL and SECAM.

We connect the digital receiver

TV receiver DVB-T2 standard It can receive any digital programs throughout the territory of the Russian Federation, and catches programs using an ordinary room antenna, which can do it yourself from the rest of the coaxial cable. We need to connect the HDMI output of the receiver to the VGA input of the monitor, so we buy a converter or an adapter for a stable connection that does not require a separate connection. It remains to connect the speakers from the computer to the output of the converter or digital receiver.

Using the converter, you can connect to the monitor and other types of technology for work and entertainment: a laptop, game console, HD-players and the like.

Home masters are interested in the money issue - the price of a digital receiver starts from a thousand rubles, the converter costs 250 rubles, and speakers can be taken on a stationary PC, so everything will not be so expensive.

Which monitors are better

Foreign experts have tested many monitors from different manufacturers for computers to make a verdict on whether they can be used after working out as a TV. In the first place is the concern from South Korea Samsung: monitors are quite easy to convert to TV, they look perfect in a new role - mostly models with a screen of 17 and 19 inches.

The second place was shared by Sony and LG, which offer users updated samples of monitors, their unique design. You can use products from other manufacturers with less loud names, but the quality will be correspondingly lower.

When we independently make TV from the monitor, experts advise to pay special attention to screen resolution - if it is high, then show a home-made TV will be fine.

Symbiosis of PC and TV

In principle, you can not think about how to make a TV out of a monitor, but to combine the functions of a computer and TV using a special tuner. standalone type or USB. The latter is intended for direct connection to a laptop. The standalone version is the latest development, it is installed between both products, which allows you to ensure that you watch various TV shows in full screen. Such a symbiosis allows you to work quietly on a laptop and view interesting programs on TV in a small window.

In addition, they are equipped with various audio outputs and inputs so that you can connect additional home appliances - for example, DVD player.

To help amateur masters in remaking the monitor, here is a video: