How do I connect my lcd computer monitor to my digital/dvr cable box?

May 20, 2010 by admin · 1 Comment
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Please explain this to me like I am a monkey. I am horrible at hooking up tv’s! I have it powered on, nothing connected.
I would like to make use of the small lcd monitor in the kids play room. It seems like this should work so I wont have to buy an actual tv.


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One Response to “How do I connect my lcd computer monitor to my digital/dvr cable box?”
  1. aviatingamateur says:
    May 20, 2010 at 1:32 pm

    Requirements to directly connect a monitor with a cable box:

    1 – The monitor needs to be HDCP-compliant.

    2 – The cable box needs to be one of the newer digital HD cable boxes. The old low-definition-only cable boxes do not have any outputs that are compatible with computer monitors.

    Digital HD cable boxes have either a DVI or HDMI output, which are compatible with HDCP-compliant computer monitors. When you connect an HDCP-compliant monitor to a digital HD cable box, you turn that monitor into an HDTV.

    So check your monitor to see if it is HDCP-compliant or not, and check your cable box and see if it is a digital HD box.

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