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Mark.W
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12th May 12 at 08:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Anyone know how you connect the laptop up to the TV so you can view it through the TV?
Rob R
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HDMI? VGA to HDMI?
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What laptop? What outputs does it have?
AlunJ
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And what inputs does your tv have?
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VGA is probably the most common option.

if its older it might have S video or if its newer HDMI.
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HDMI it say on the side.its an Acer Aspire 5552.
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Don't really know what im looking for behind the tv but heres whats on the back of it.
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just HDMI lead to the tv, unplug whatever that HDMI in the TV goes into and plug it into the laptop
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Ands thats it?
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Yes.
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark.W
Ands thats it?

TV and PC needs to be turned on!
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And will only work.if your laptop has HDMI out on it. Otherwise need a VGA to HDMI cable
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It works!!!!! Thanks Nismo
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Havn't been able to watch any tv since Tuesday because kids kicked a football off the sky dish and broke it

At least now we can watch something until sky get there arse out and fix it.
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quote:
Originally posted by Toby
And will only work.if your laptop has HDMI out on it. Otherwise need a VGA to HDMI cable


Or just a VGA cable. His tv has VGA in.
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Is there even such a thing as vga to hdmi cable?
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I use VGA from my media centre to TV. Works fine.
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Nope, VGA is an analogue signal and HDMI is digital. The two protocols are completely different.
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Nope, VGA is an analogue signal and HDMI is digital. The two protocols are completely different.
Thought so.
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http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=270549100366&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=00102421113
??
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http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=270549100366&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=00102421113
??


"PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE BUYING THIS CABLE TO CONNECT FROM YOUR COMPUTER TO HDMI TV, YOU WILL NEED AN ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL CONVERTER (NOT INCLUDED)"
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*********PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE BUYING THIS CABLE TO CONNECT FROM YOUR COMPUTER TO HDMI TV, YOU WILL NEED AN ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL CONVERTER (NOT INCLUDED)********************
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I saw that, just saying you can purchase such an item as i took Ed's comment to infer that it wasnt

 
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