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    Playing Sims 4 on a TV

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    Destin2016Destin2016 Posts: 568 Member
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    Hello my fellow simmers,

    Does anyone play The Sims 4 on their TV? If so, how did you hook it up & does it play well? Thanks!
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      NRoweNRowe Posts: 7,908 Member
      I don't play on my TV personally; but you can use an HDMI cable to connect your laptop to theTV (assuming you've a laptop).
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      Destin2016Destin2016 Posts: 568 Member
      Thanks @NRowe. Forgot to mention it's a desktop.
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      NRoweNRowe Posts: 7,908 Member
      Still HDMI; but the connection might be trickier. You'd need your computer to be near the TV and probably a longer cable anyways. Plus, then you might have trouble being in a postion to see the TV screen and be near enough to manipulate the keyboard/mouse. Wireless keyboard and mouse would be handy here.
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      Destin2016Destin2016 Posts: 568 Member
      I hadn't thought about wireless! Thanks!
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      king_of_simcity7king_of_simcity7 Posts: 25,102 Member
      Rumour has it that TS4 was meant to play out like a soap, apparently...
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      Destin2016Destin2016 Posts: 568 Member
      @king_of_simcity7 LOL!
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      king_of_simcity7king_of_simcity7 Posts: 25,102 Member
      Destin2016 wrote: »
      @king_of_simcity7 LOL!

      That is what the devs aid at the time. They might have changed the theme a bit now though
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      phoebebebe13phoebebebe13 Posts: 19,400 Member
      I play on a tv with a wireless keyboard and mouse. I keep my tower on a cpu cart that has wheels. You hook the tower up to the tv with an hdmi cord.

      What video card do you have? What is the resolution of your TV? The higher the resolution the better the video card you need.
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      troubledbongotroubledbongo Posts: 74 Member
      Yeah I have my desktop PC set up on my TV which I use as the only display. I play all my games on it and it's fine. It depends on how exactly you want to place the desktop but I just use a 2m HDMI cable and have the desktop next to the TV stand.

      I use a wireless keyboard and mouse for certain games (such as Sims, Civilization VI, Dragon Age Origins) but use a wireless Xbox One controller for most other games (the ones suited to a controller anyway).
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      ModerateOspreyModerateOsprey Posts: 4,875 Member
      I do. love it. I sit close.

      I have HDMI out from PC into a 40" Panasonic Plasma. Looks drop dead gorgeous.
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      ModerateOspreyModerateOsprey Posts: 4,875 Member
      Sorry didn't give my PC spec

      Nothing fancy

      i7 4 core CPU
      16GB RAM
      Nvidia GTX 770 2GB
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      Destin2016Destin2016 Posts: 568 Member
      @phoebebebe13 my graphics card is EVGA NVIDIA super clocked GTX 960 4GB PCI-E, and my TV resolution is 1024x768p. It is a LG 42 in plasma tv.
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      taydevtaydev Posts: 912 Member
      Yep, by connecting my laptop and TV via HDMI cable. The big screen is so much better visually (I have poor eyesight).
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      Destin2016Destin2016 Posts: 568 Member
      @taydev That's one of the reasons I want to start playing on my TV.
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      knazzerknazzer Posts: 3,382 Member
      Destin2016 wrote: »
      Hello my fellow simmers,

      Does anyone play The Sims 4 on their TV? If so, how did you hook it up & does it play well? Thanks!

      I hooked it up using a DV output once and played using my 3D glasses very weird on a big screen
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      phoebebebe13phoebebebe13 Posts: 19,400 Member
      Destin2016 wrote: »
      @phoebebebe13 my graphics card is EVGA NVIDIA super clocked GTX 960 4GB PCI-E, and my TV resolution is 1024x768p. It is a LG 42 in plasma tv.

      Same card as me :D you can run up to 1080p resolution with that card .
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      Destin2016Destin2016 Posts: 568 Member
      Thank you @phoebebebe13 , @ModerateOsprey , @troubledbongo, @taydev , @NRowe, @king_of_simcity7 , @knazzer . People are always so helpful on this forum! :-)
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      Karababy52Karababy52 Posts: 5,952 Member
      I've been using our 60" Vizio as my monitor for almost a year now. It's hooked up to my old toaster of a laptop (HP G60 Notebook w/integrated graphics) via a 12 ft. HDMI cord. It works great, love sitting on my couch playing the game. I have a wireless mouse that I use. The backlight went out on my laptop and we can't afford to get me a new one so this was the best/cheapest and meant to be temporary (o.O) option for us. Hubby is actually a bit jealous, he uses our old desktop (has worse specs than the laptop) with a 21" screen. :)
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      Simsfan99111Simsfan99111 Posts: 1,260 Member
      edited July 2017
      Destin2016 wrote: »
      Hello my fellow simmers,

      Does anyone play The Sims 4 on their TV? If so, how did you hook it up & does it play well? Thanks!

      I do!! I edited the UI so its bigger via the documents folder!
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      ladybreidladybreid Posts: 3,455 Member
      I had my pc hooked up to my big screen and played ts3, haven't tried it with 4 yet but I bet it would look great!
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      catmando830catmando830 Posts: 9,117 Member
      Wonder how it would look on a 75" TV.
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      Destin2016Destin2016 Posts: 568 Member
      I'm gonna have to try it this weekend!
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      ModerateOspreyModerateOsprey Posts: 4,875 Member
      catmando830 wrote: »
      Wonder how it would look on a 75" TV.

      You'd have to be careful that you didn't fall in.
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      Emma_Smith101Emma_Smith101 Posts: 453 Member
      My monitor is also a tv and it's connected by vga. It can depend on what your tv will allow you to do, the ports it has I think. I don't really know enough about it but good luck.
      I share my builds and Sims' stories sometimes at: https://simplicityplaysss.tumblr.com/
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      slamondaslamonda Posts: 1,357 Member
      never thought of doing that great idea much more comfy
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