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Title: computer movie help
Post by: sofa----king on March 05, 2007, 06:04:36 PM
please,,,,if i wanted to set up my laptop next to mt tv can i connect them someway to watch movies on alluc.org./././ on to my tv for a bigger screen? anyone know what the quality would be like,i just dont,.,,. want to burn these fils to discs as it takes to long?thanks


Title: Re: computer movie help
Post by: mex on March 05, 2007, 09:27:00 PM
you need windows media edition of windows. (not windows media player)i can play movies through my xbox360 with it but its a pig to set up


Title: Re: computer movie help
Post by: RichEO on March 06, 2007, 01:58:27 AM
What connections does your laptop have, or your TV have? Is it an LCD / Plasma?

If your TV has a 15-pin D-sub connection (monitor connector) then that will work at it's highest resolution.

Failing that your laptop and TV both probably have S-video connectors. Get an S-video cable, you will also need an audio cable, 2.5mm jack to 2 x phono.

Then you just need to switch your laptop to external display.


You don't need windows MCE that's just for going through the X-BOX 360 or recording TV with a tv tuner, but there are plenty of alternative programs for thatwhich sometimes work better than MCE anyway.


If you get a wireless keyboard and mouse, or a keyboard with built in mouse (I'll recommend one if you want), you can play poker from the sofa on the big TV, which i'm sure you like the sound of.


Title: Re: computer movie help
Post by: sofa----king on March 06, 2007, 02:36:02 AM
What connections does your laptop have, or your TV have? Is it an LCD / Plasma?

If your TV has a 15-pin D-sub connection (monitor connector) then that will work at it's highest resolution.

Failing that your laptop and TV both probably have S-video connectors. Get an S-video cable, you will also need an audio cable, 2.5mm jack to 2 x phono.

Then you just need to switch your laptop to external display.


You don't need windows MCE that's just for going through the X-BOX 360 or recording TV with a tv tuner, but there are plenty of alternative programs for thatwhich sometimes work better than MCE anyway.


If you get a wireless keyboard and mouse, or a keyboard with built in mouse (I'll recommend one if you want), you can play poker from the sofa on the big TV, which i'm sure you like the sound of.
i did this when we had the aquos tv but that had a seprate tunner/./now its built in its hard to get to the back of it for connections mate.,.,

thnx rich but i just thought its a 50inch plasma sunk into a stud wall with a built in tunner so i would have to mess about and take a big,big pic of the back wall which has been screw fixed.,.,.and i just thought i cant be arsed lol but thx mate anyway.,.,


Title: Re: computer movie help
Post by: Zebediah on March 06, 2007, 09:35:23 AM
The picture quality on a 50" screen would be awful anyway.
Hell, SKY will be awful on a screen that big unless you are a good distance away. HD excluded.


Title: Re: computer movie help
Post by: sofa----king on March 06, 2007, 03:21:31 PM
The picture quality on a 50" screen would be awful anyway.
Hell, SKY will be awful on a screen that big unless you are a good distance away. HD excluded.
our picture is perfect m8,we have a few sofas in the room ,we are about 15 feet from the screen,when the adult films are on i feel as if im in them.,.,.i stand in now and again lol,,,,,,,its hd ready,,,,mind you the aquos 37 inch lcd was fantastic much better pic,but i wanted a bigger screen,.,


Title: Re: computer movie help
Post by: RichEO on March 06, 2007, 05:26:28 PM
The picture quality on a 50" screen would be awful anyway.
Hell, SKY will be awful on a screen that big unless you are a good distance away. HD excluded.

The laptop will be able to output in a high resolution, probably higher than the TV so it will look awesome, assuming you download a high quality version of prison break ;)


Title: Re: computer movie help
Post by: RichEO on March 06, 2007, 05:34:01 PM
i did this when we had the aquos tv but that had a seprate tunner/./now its built in its hard to get to the back of it for connections mate.,.,

thnx rich but i just thought its a 50inch plasma sunk into a stud wall with a built in tunner so i would have to mess about and take a big,big pic of the back wall which has been screw fixed.,.,.and i just thought i cant be arsed lol but thx mate anyway.,.,

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