Question this is a dumb question but does a monitor work without a Pc ?

[rxqayya]

sorry am new to computer stuff :/

 

[USAFRet]

It will turn on.
Nothing will be displayed, except the monitor menu.

It needs an input from something.

 

[Saga Lout]

It's one of those hard to prove things. Will my car work if I don't put the key in. It might but we can't disprove it until we use the key.

 

[rxqayya]

It will turn on.
Nothing will be displayed, except the monitor menu.

It needs an input from something.

Like what? I only need it to get steam

 

[Satan-IR]

Work as in turn on yes they would but they need proper analog/digital (depending on monitor type/age) signal from some device to 'display'.

Monitors have different input ports VGA (D-Sub), DVI, HDMI and Display ports. Some olders ones even had their own tuners and could even take AV or Components inputs and with an aerial even could show TV. They would works with some devices that have proper corresponding outputs provided the resolution and refresh rate of the outputing device is the same as the monitor can handle.

For example a full HD 60Hz monitor with an HDMI input should be able to display the output from a PlayStation 3/4.

 

[USAFRet]

Like what? I only need it to get steam

Steam requires a PC or similar.

Not sure what you're looking for here.

 

[bmacsys]

It's one of those hard to prove things. Will my car work if I don't put the key in. It might but we can't disprove it until we use the key.

Where I come from we started cars without keys almost every day.

 

[rxqayya]

Steam requires a PC or similar.

Not sure what you're looking for here.

because I used to use steam on my old laptop but it was eh so just either want a new laptop or reasonable pc and monitor then

 

[rxqayya]

Work as in turn on yes they would but they need proper analog/digital (depending on monitor type/age) signal from some device to 'display'.

Monitors have different input ports VGA (D-Sub), DVI, HDMI and Display ports. Some olders ones even had their own tuners and could even take AV or Components inputs and with an aerial even could show TV. They would works with some devices that have proper corresponding outputs provided the resolution and refresh rate of the outputing device is the same as the monitor can handle.

For example a full HD 60Hz monitor with an HDMI input should be able to display the output from a PlayStation 3/4.

Would it work as in using steam

 

[USAFRet]

because I used to use steam on my old laptop but it was eh so just either want a new laptop or reasonable pc and monitor then

You need a PC or laptop.
The monitor displays whatever the PC or laptop is outputting.
You can't use a monitor by itself.

 

[rxqayya]

You need a PC or laptop.
The monitor displays whatever the PC or laptop is outputting.
You can't use a monitor by itself.

AHhhhh, so say I have a laptop all I need to do is connect it to my monitor and it should work?

 

[USAFRet]

AHhhhh, so say I have a laptop all I need to do is connect it to my monitor and it should work?

Assuming your laptop is good enough to run your games, yes.
The monitor is just the secondary display.

 

[Satan-IR]

I wanted to say pretty much what USAFRet said, so, there it is.

Again, as I said before, if a monitor gets proper input from a proper output (signal it can work with) it should be able to display it regardless of the media being Steam or whatever. If you want steam you need a PC be it a desktop or a laptop.

You can't make Steam (a gaming platform, essentially software) plus a monitor on it's own work.

 

[CountMike]

I use a monitor connected to a satellite TV box and another one with security cameras. First case with HDMI and in second composite case video input. In any case, it needs some kind of video input to display anything but OSD.
Maybe you were thinking about All in One computers where a computer is built into the screen. In that case it looks just like a monitor but isn't.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

The cheapest thing I can think of that will run steam is a raspberry pi zero w, but that wont run any real games other than minecraft

 

[USAFRet]

The cheapest thing I can think of that will run steam is a raspberry pi zero w, but that wont run any real games other than minecraft

Hence "PC or similar"
A Pi counts as 'similar'.