How to connect your computer / laptop to your tv?
Well, I bought a new HD tv and wanted to connect my laptop to my TV so that I can watch the pod-casts and indian TV programs and movies on big screen TV. There are different ways you can connect your computer to tv depending on availability of ports on your TV and computer.
S Video Cable : Most of the old tvs and computers also have S video port. New tvs and computers do not have this port. My samsung HD tv and Dell laptop do not have this port. You need to buy a s video cable to connect the computer to TV. You can buy this in Walmart or online for less than 10 bucks. There are two types of S video ports, 5 pin and 7 pin so make sure you are buying the right s video cable.
HDMI Cable : This is the best way to connect provided you have HDMI ports on your TV and computer. I believe all HD TVs have this port and some of the new computers have this port. I am lucky, the Dell laptop I bought an year ago has HDMI port. HDMI is the best cable to transfer HD signal. You can buy HDMI cable for around 10 bucks. I bought mine from monoprice.com for 10 bucks.
Expensive HDMI cables are also available in the market. However, there is not much difference in terms of performance between an expensive and non-expensive cables. So, do not bother to spend hundreds of bucks for expensive cables.
The picture was coming great on my TV after I connected my laptop to TV via HDMI cables. I had issues with the sound, the audio did not play in the TV it played on laptop speakers. I found a solution for this after playing around for a while, you need to right click on volume icon on your task bar near date & time and then select play back devices. Here you can see HDMI audio device and your laptop speakers. Disable your laptop speakers and select HDMI output as default.
If you are like me you will enjoy HD pod-casts on you HD tv controlling itunes on your iPhone using ‘Remote’ iPhone app.
VGA Cable : Another way is using VGA cable. Again VGA port is there in almost all the computers but not on all tvs Most of new HD tvs have it though. You can only transmit picture with this cable not sound. You need to use another cable to transmit sound. This is the same port we use for projector. This cable is also cheap.
Please leave a comment if you know any other solutions, also leave a comment if you have any problems in connecting your computer to TV, I will try to help if I can.
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hey i have apple mac book pro 13 inch the new one that came out and i have Samsung LN46B550 46-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with Red Touch of Color and i dont know what cable i should buy to connect to my tv i mean i want to see the best quality in the tv i m going to use it to watch cricket and also i have another laptop hp pavilion dv6607 nr entertainment pc and i dont know what cable to buy for this too so can you please email me and let me know please
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HDMI cable is is best way to connect your laptop to HD TV. First check if your laptop has HDMI port, I don’t think Macbook pro has HDMI port. You should use DVI and VGA cable if you don’t have HDMI port on your computer.
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sir, i have a dell laptop and i also desire to connectmy laptop to HD tv but how and requirement
Boradipen, Do you have hdmi port on your laptop. You can use HDMI cable if you have hdmi port.