How to Connect Your Laptop to Your Television
Expand the description and view the text of the steps for this how-to video. Check out Howcast for other do-it-yourself videos from thefactory and more videos in the Laptop Computers category. You can contribute too! Create your own DIY guide at www.howcast.com or produce your own Howcast spots with the Howcast Filmmakers Program at www.howcast.com Tired of squinting over your laptop? There are several ways to turn a big-screen TV into your new computer monitor and enjoy video games, web content, and photos like never before. To complete this How-To you will need: A laptop A digital television A male-to-male video cable of one of the following types: S-Video VGA 15-pin DVI DVI-to-HDMI A mini-to-RCA audio cable A PC-to-TV converter box A mini-DVI-to-VGA or mini-DVI-to-DVI adapter for Macs Step 1: Connect with S-Video First, connect a video cable — you’ve got several choices. For PC users, an easy option is an S-Video cable. Most PCs and digital televisions are equipped with an S-Video port. Tip: The ends of S-Video cables usually feature either four or seven pins and pinholes. Check your TV and laptop ports to make sure they match. Step 2: Connect with VGA If you have an older HDTV, try a VGA cable, which produces better picture quality and works with both Macs and PCs. To connect, turn off your laptop and your TV. Find the trapezoid-shaped VGA outlets on the TV and on your laptop. Once you’re connected, power everything back on. Tip: Macs need a DVI- or mini-DVI-to-VGA …
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Ok, I have everything except the cables, the laptop and the TV, now what?
Ok I have a question.
I have VGA cables connected to my Computer and HDTV.
Also I have a audio splitter w/ a headphone jack on one end, and L/R RCA audio on the other. I have Red/White audio running to the TV…but one problem.
My audio is set on my TV called “AV2″(Because my DVD player is on AV1) but my VGA cable is on the VGA input on my TV.
How do I get both audio and video AT THE SAME TIME?
Please respond.
It makes it sound like you have to do all those steps. That means you need a one millions two hundred fifty thousand and seventy nine cables.
I will need:
TV VGA-PCAVP
PCTVAVP-VGA
RCA-VGA
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Fuck it I’ll keep squinting thanks…
@fs4669 thank*……
Tnx God that i have new SONY television that has VGA input so i don’t need those adapters…
FOUND IT!
“You will need a laptop”
Noooo.
i got lost at hdvp??
i have a vga to rgb connectors, i tried to connect my laptop to my tv but i only get red and blue signals, i didn’t see any pictures coming out. what’s the remedy of this problem?
Connect the white plug to the white plug on your TV, connect the blue plug to the blue plug, or the yellow plug to the yellow plug, of the funny looking connection on your laptop to the funny looking connector on your TV. Get the remote, turn everything on and wait! Easy.
´MY TV ONLY HAS SCART OMG!!!!
What if i still have a crt tv?
i use only vga and its good
what about HDMI to HDMI? he forgot that one. i always watch movies from my laptop ad connect to the tv
@Quadracer484 get a s-video/ dvi adapter cable
informative
2 years later max screen size is 40 something inches. i dont think it will reach 60 as the average in just 4 years.
@bartmaster1234 Simple buy one.
i dont have the s video port on my computer but its on tbhe tv
what should i do
@bartmaster1234 vga and hdmi cables are easy to find. dvi. vga and hdmi are all used in computers, hdmi is for gaming consoles too
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hey i have the same laptop isnt it hp dv6000 series???
TOO fast can’t follow super confused now so I need to go to a apple shop and ask for the things? cause I have a Mac.