Pc to Plasma TV connection help wanted

[hypnosis75]

Hi all,

 

Im wanting to connect my home built pc to my newly puchased Plasma tv pref through the best possible connection.

 

I would like to use the tv as an external monitor for streaming media etc and gaining the best quality picture i can.

 

The computer has a Gigabyte H55M S2H motherboard with a core i3 530 cpu, i am running onboard graphics and there is no external graphics card.It has VGA,DVI & HDMI

 

The tv is a Panasonic Viera TX P42S20B & has 3 HDMI inputs & 2 Scarts but no VGA or DVI

 

I currently use a 23" monitor for the normal usage and would continue to do so.

 

How do i go about connecting it up correctly & what cables/settings do i need.

 

Sorry if posted in the wrong section.

 

Thanks in advance

[Plastic Nev]

You should be able to get a HDMI to HDMI cable considering both computer and TV have the ports, that will give you the best possible picture.

 

Be aware though that we have found in some instances that sound does not work, in those cases, a scart to RCA type adapter was needed. Then an audio cable from the speaker or line out port on the computer, to RCA plugs at the other end to go into the scart adapter.

 

Hopefully though, that may not be needed with there being HDMI ports at both ends.

Nev.