Do You Have A Spare TV?

 I think I posted this before and if I have, please forgive the old guy's memory. 

Do you have a laptop? Does your screen seem small?

The first picture is my laptop. Used to do all my computering with that. 

Then I got into a disagreement with Dish Network. Seemed Dish tried to put on me a 2 year contract I didn't agree with so I told them to get their junk out of my house. 

That was more than a year ago and I've not had TV since. 

Enter the 40" TV from my office. It was just sitting there collecting dust. Just another piece to clean. So I decided to put it to work. 

Zipped over to Staples and bought a 6 ft. HDMI cable . Connected it to my laptop (FYI, it's necessary to have a HDMI plugin) and then to the 40" TV (Also needs a HDMI plugin) and "viola", computer with a 40" monitor. YOu can see the difference.    

 

Which brings me to the 52" TV in the Livingroom. There it sits collecting dust, unused because no cable, Dish, no nothing. Once again, a quick trip to Staples and bring home a 16' HDMI cable and now a 52" monitor in the living room. 

Do I need monitors that big? Not necessarily, but it's pretty cool. 

I also watch free movies from YouTube and Amazon Prime from my laptop to the monitor(TV) in the Livingroom.  

So, if you have a TV laying around collecting dust, here's a home hack for ya. 

Stay tuned.