After years of use, sometimes, we get tired of our now, old, but well served monitor. So what do you do with such a monitor? Throw it out? Give it to someone else? Recycle it, like some goody two shoes? Uh no. We’re going to turn it into a bootleg TV. Let’s get started.

First, I want to say, this might require some monetary investment. AKA. BIG MONEY. Not a lot, but a bit to fully transition our monitor to a tv. Second. You need a monitor that has a headphone jack and either a DisplayPort or HDMI port. Why though? Because most monitors don’t have speakers built-in or have terrible ones. Guess what TVs have? Speakers. That’s why if you don’t want to use the underwater radio speakers that your monitor has, you have to get a sound bar.

But Jimmy, why a sound bar? Why not bookshelf style speakers or even Bluetooth speakers. You raise a good point. But the reason we do this is because you can’t control volume easily with bookshelf style or Bluetooth speakers connected to a monitor. You have to physical go up to the speakers and manually press a button or move some knob. But with a soundbar, they typically come with a remote that lets you change volume. You know. Like a TV. The thing we’re trying to emulate. Just make sure the soundbar you’re buying has a remote and a headphone jack. So that we can connect it to the monitor.

Then you just need to connect everything together, like brain surgery, except we can actually do this. Connect Headphone jack to headphone jack and bam. We’re done right? No. Now we have to plug stuff into the monit- I mean, TV. But as you plug things into the TV, you might not have enough ports or the wrong port for the TV. If you want more ports, for all your inputs like directv, chromecast, gaming consoles, then I’d recommend a HDMI switcher that allows you to switch between different inputs. This one comes with a remote. If you have a displayport on your monitor, then you can get a DisplayPort to HDMI cable to connect it to the switcher. And BAM your old monitor is now a new to you TV.

So, everything works, and you just need to get some cable management done. Not too big of an issue. So, why would anyone do any of this in the first place? Well, it’s a waste to get rid of perfectly useful electronics, and not everyone has the technical know-how or patience to do a true DIY sort of thing like turning your monitor into a smart mirror. So, this something that’s simple to do, and provides a new small TV for maybe a kid’s bedroom, or a workout room or something. The only real downside to this bootleg TV is that it will lack some TV features, like antenna support, the initial input options, or showing volume levels. But, in turn, with a basic soundbar, the monitor TV already sounds better than most TVs without one, and when you do decide to get rid of the monitor, the soundbar can be used on a different TV that you own. Only real negative to this setup, in my opinion anyway, is that the size of the monitor is usually smaller than the average TV, so forget putting this in the living room or something, it’d look like a TV for Oompa Loompas.

So, I think this setup is a good for people who are trying to save a buck or recycle their old electronics. Just be mindful, that this thing won’t be killing some ULTRA 4K OLED QLED HDR 3D Alexa-enabled, featuring Dante from the devil may cry series TV. But, it makes a nice little budget tv alternative. And that’s really great for a recycled product.

Anyway guys I want to ask you a question. Is something like this viable? Or would you just throw away your old monitor anyway? Would you do this? Leave all that in the comment section below, if you enjoyed this video, give it a thumbs up, comment, and well don’t forget to subscribe. I’ll see you guys next time.

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