computer movie help

[sofa----king]

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

[mex]

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

[RichEO]

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.

[sofa----king]

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.,.,

[Zebediah]

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.

[sofa----king]

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,.,

[RichEO]

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

[RichEO]

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.,.,