Ibook and lcd tv

Hi, I just got a new lcd tv and was hoping there will be a way to hook my ibook up to it, and use that as a monitor.

Hi Jenny,
The link Ronda posted was actually only about connecting iBooks to standard definition TVs, not High Definition, but the information in there about sound is good too. You could hook it up by standard definition, but the price of the Apple iBook to Svideo adaptor is probably more than the VGA to DVI cable.
I suggest buying a VGA to DVI cable, from somewhere with a good return policy, just in case. The VGA end needs to have pins in it, and the DVI end does too. Plug it in appropriately, then go to the Displays preference panel and detect displays.
You will only be able to mirror the iBook's internal display and run it at 1024x768, 800x600 or 640x480, but those will be much better quality than standard definition video. Depending on your iBook, there are hacks ("Screen Spanning Doctor") which may let you run it independently at different resolutions, but they may decrease the life of your iBook.

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