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Title: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: ACE2M on October 23, 2009, 04:02:06 PM Hi folks can someone tell me how to do this please? what cable etc
Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: AndrewT on October 23, 2009, 04:14:44 PM What holes have you got on the back of the TV?
Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: kinboshi on October 23, 2009, 04:16:11 PM What for, to watch a film or other video, or to play poker, etc.?
Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: Ironside on October 23, 2009, 04:16:54 PM What holes have you got on the back of the TV? none just yet give me a sec i'll give yu a choice with a hammer Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: ACE2M on October 23, 2009, 04:21:05 PM its a panasonic viera plasma about 5 years old, all the usual holes i think, plan is to stream something on the internet and hook it to TV to watch.
Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: dik9 on October 23, 2009, 04:26:51 PM Has your TV and lappie both got HDMI
Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: ACE2M on October 23, 2009, 04:28:31 PM Has your TV and lappie both got HDMI don't know, can you offer me an option with and without? Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: dik9 on October 23, 2009, 04:40:57 PM Don't know without, but if they have just buy an HDMI lead and connect, it really is that easy. Lead costs between £5 and £50 depending on quality. My Dad has a Viera and I have just checked that it has one, but his is only 2 years old.
Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: ACE2M on October 23, 2009, 04:55:46 PM cheers. will check when i get home.
Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: RichEO on October 23, 2009, 04:59:47 PM Your laptop will probably have a 15-pin VGA connector on it (a standard monitor plug) rather than a DVI port.
If you TV has the same then it's easy. You need one of those for video, and maybe a 2.5mm to 2xphono for your audio. You need to look around your laptop and TV for this: (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/VGA_connector_%CE%940052.jpg) I doubt your TV will have HDMI being 5 years old, but it might have VGA. Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: kinboshi on October 23, 2009, 05:00:05 PM Will a 5-year old plasma have an HDMI socket/connection?
(edit - what he said ^^) Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: ACE2M on October 23, 2009, 05:04:19 PM cheers, do i just tune to the channel or will it be on an AV channel or something, i know nothing.
Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: kinboshi on October 23, 2009, 05:07:31 PM Would be an AV input.
Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: Tractor on October 23, 2009, 05:41:01 PM I doubt your Panny will have hdmi, if it does it will only have one.
So follow Richeos advice, from there : Press the tv /av button on your tv remote then use the coloured buttons to select setting marked pc. You may also have to press one of the function buttons on your laptop, on dells its F8. Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: cdw1111 on October 23, 2009, 06:17:32 PM So if i bought one of these
http://www.virtualvillage.co.uk/1.7m-15-pin-male-hdmi-to-vga-cable-adapter-converter/sku006432-005?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=shcomp&utm_campaign=1.7M%2015%20Pin%20Male%20HDMI%20to%20VGA%20Cable%20Adapter%20Converter would i be able to stream Monday night football(NFL)?What would the picture quality be like? Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: AndrewT on October 23, 2009, 06:42:19 PM Depends where you're streaming it from.
Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: Dino on October 23, 2009, 06:46:23 PM The last line of the advert says
Please note that it doesn't work with laptops and that you will need an adapter box to convert the VGA signals to HDMI in the first place Title: Re: Connect a laptop to a TV Post by: cdw1111 on October 23, 2009, 06:54:30 PM Yeah,just been checking out the AV forum and you need a convertor.
Probably just buy a new laptop with HDMI output in the near future. |