Will this allow me to see the on screen text that is displayed on my TV from my cablebox such as the eletronic program guide? I have low vision.
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If you have a steady hand this will work for you, but I'd suggest opera type telescopic glasses for this use. - (vision impaired myself) and use this for street signs, bus numbers, shop signs etc.
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It might. Sometimes I have trouble reading the satellite program guide from Dish Network without getting up from the armchair and the scope helps with that. But it depends too upon your TV set resolution. Cheaper and older analogue sets can be difficult to read fine text with -- even close up.
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Well i tried to look at my cell phone from a distance and the text was not clear..couldnt see the images either all blurry
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As I recall, yes. You can download the user manual from ViewSonic. HDMI is all digital and is better for longer runs and generally give more accurate color.
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Hello Dave, I'm not sure. When I get home later I will check for you and respond. I do know that it is not a monitor and will not show any text very well like a computer monitor. Ali
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Usually your cable provider will have a program guide channel provided. Call your cable company and check what channel it is on.
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For the cable box it shows up on the screen of the tv, but I haven't tried the other devices.
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Just a note to anyone using their TV as a second monitor, if your REGULAR monitor is an LCD also and you use Windows you can't have a second ClearType setting for the other monitor. Watching movies etc is fine, but if you use a different style LCD TV the text may appear blurry. It's not a bad connection, just a windows thing :P I wasted a LOT of money connecting my Panasonic TV with all types of different cables before realizing this. Games, images, movies etc don't suffer, just text.
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No, this is a new computer to old monitor gadget. There are vga to hdmi boxes on Amazon to do the old computer/new TV trick, i have the etekcity version and it works well.
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No not at all. You will not able to make out that anything is on the display.
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Hi! Yes you can see, but is not best quality, just becouse free tv is not longer best sinal, but if you go to a local were no cover cable that can be a option!
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No. The signal that is going to the TV is the only signal that the Slingbox gets. It is as if the Slingbox was just a part of the cable connected to the TV, so the Slingbox only sees what the TV sees. The only difference is that the TV can be off or on. However if the Slingbox is connected to its own cable box it will see the signal that that cable box is sending.
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i was trying the same thing for my older big screen tv. i had hoped that this would do just that, or via the component inputs, but no it would not work on either. a cheap try. i found something else though for about 15 bucks and it worked, although detail suffers.....hard to read but ok for movies if you dont mind low resolution. there are other versions a bit more expensive that may work better.
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Yes it will work. I used it just for that. As mentioned in another answer you will probably see some bars or what may look like discoloration that is interference. At least for me while I could notice it on some screens it was not bad enough to impact with my viewer experience most of the time. That and my other option was to put the cords in the front of the TV and let my kids grab them and pull on them.
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It will display whatever is on your computer screen onto your television set....YES, EVERYTHING Lew
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Physically yes. but u have comcast, which 'encrypts' its signal so only its cable box cab decipher and display the signal.
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For doing things like watching a video or playing a game on it would be ok...But: the text that you would see would be completely unreadable. Your TV would need to have a refresh rate (60-75 Hz) like a computer monitor does, and at least component (RGB) connectors. Also see if your TV has connectors like these: VGA, DVI - these would work better than the ancient S-video.
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right now I am using it to view my computer on my monitor and on my HDTV hope that helps you
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It should, its an exact duplication of your laptop screen. I've never had any instance when something was not showing up on my tv that was displayed on my laptop screen.