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Simple question I image for the teccie experts - what sort of cable do I need to connect my laptop to the tv (which has HDMI) so I can watch tv via the internet ?
TIA
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Simple question I image for the teccie experts - what sort of cable do I need to connect my laptop to the tv (which has HDMI) so I can watch tv via the internet ?
TIA
It depends what sort of outputs your laptop has.
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We just use a standard VGA cable (same as you would connect to a projector for powerpoint) and a 3.5mm jack-jack cable, for a grand total of about £3.
If your laptop had HDMI out that would probably be better, but ours doesn't and most TVs tend to have VGA input.
Depending on the laptop it can also be a pain getting the audio to work through the HDMI.
I presume ideally it should automatically happen. However my dads laptop always needs to have the audio device settings changed through control panel each time you plug it in via HDMI (or unplug it, to change the settings back again).In the end decided it was just easier to use VGA+3.5mm jack-jack cable.
Put an Xbox or PS3 between them and stream it through Twonky Media! Or if the TV is a "Smart TV" with built in DLNA player then just stream, no wires what so ever!!
Can pick up a cheap network enabled streamer for £30-£40 on ebay.
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However there is no sound and picture very fuzzy. My tv has yellow, white and red composite connections and I read this cable should still work. Laptop has either usb or 15pin vga.
Bit stuck on this one - any ideas please ?
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However there is no sound and picture very fuzzy. My tv has yellow, white and red composite connections and I read this cable should still work. Laptop has either usb or 15pin vga.
Bit stuck on this one - any ideas please ?
The white and red sockets on the TV are for audio, you'll need a minijack to 2 phono (a.k.a. RCA) cable for sound, connected to the line out if you have it or if not the headphone out of the laptop.
The yellow one is a composite video input. You *might* be able to drive it directly with the cable you have if your laptop's VGA output supports a special TV out mode but more likely you'll need something that will actually do a conversion from VGA to composite. That will be limited to SD resolution (i.e. 720 x 576) and cost about £60 so you are better off buying VGA to HDMI converter instead IMO.
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