laptop picture to tv - Saxperience

reevesy_vtr · 14th March 2012, 20:03

Hi all i need to get a good quality pictute to my tv so i can watch the f1 on sunday morning, what is the best way to do this.

UKtom · 14th March 2012, 20:15

vga cable is probably the cheapest way for a half decent picture..

reevesy_vtr · 14th March 2012, 20:59

Would vga be better than svideo?

mlawlan69 · 14th March 2012, 21:43

new laptops almost always have hdmi output, at the very least DVI vga is very outdated.

VGA

DVI

HDMI

Check which one you have then have a look on ebay for a cable

reevesy_vtr · 14th March 2012, 22:51

I have vga and svideo, but as my flat screen is mounted on the wall i dont think i will be able to get a vga lead in the back and get it back on the wall but the svideo is on the side so will give that a try, will the picture be good this way?

Furio-92 · 14th March 2012, 23:01

I got a HDMI cable, Connected my laptop to my TV, Nothing happened, and I was on the HDMI 1 and 2 channels, and the PC-VGA channel

nad · 14th March 2012, 23:13

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Originally Posted by Furio-92

I got a HDMI cable, Connected my laptop to my TV, Nothing happened, and I was on the HDMI 1 and 2 channels, and the PC-VGA channel

the wire you plugged in telly was the exact same one as was in laptop

2 push both ends completly in my guess

mlawlan69 · 14th March 2012, 23:13

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Originally Posted by Furio-92

I got a HDMI cable, Connected my laptop to my TV, Nothing happened, and I was on the HDMI 1 and 2 channels, and the PC-VGA channel

that would be because VGA is not a digital signal like HDMI so does not work, my brother got conned with a similar cable from ebay!

OP.

i have never used s-video before so im not sure how the tv would pick up the signal, i am guessing it is possible, however the picture will most likely be not brilliant.

certainly not to the extent that most of us are now used to watching any form of media.

Manu · 15th March 2012, 10:41

The picture won't be great at all I'm afraid. To give you an idea it will look like those pirate DVDs unless you can stream in HD, which you will lose anyway if you run it through a video cable.

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Originally Posted by Furio-92

I got a HDMI cable, Connected my laptop to my TV, Nothing happened, and I was on the HDMI 1 and 2 channels, and the PC-VGA channel

desktop > right click > properties > settings > display

Fulch · 15th March 2012, 10:45

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Originally Posted by reevesy_vtr

Hi all i need to get a good quality pictute to my tv so i can watch the f1 on sunday morning, what is the best way to do this.

Where u streaming from?

Baz · 15th March 2012, 11:15

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Originally Posted by Fulch

Where u streaming from?

Someone elses Sky Go I assume like me lol

Fulch · 15th March 2012, 14:44

Anyone got any other sources or a spare log in so I can watch

reevesy_vtr · 15th March 2012, 17:35

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Originally Posted by Baz

Someone elses Sky Go I assume like me lol

Got it in 1 mate, good old mum.
I think i will just watch it on my laptop then thanks 4 the help people.

Brother-V · 15th March 2012, 19:17

go on control panel on computer/laptop and then onto hardware and software, then click on connect to external display. from here you can select where you want to cennect and to identify and external monitor

Rob_a · 2nd May 2012, 19:45

You need to know what your telly will handle too.

DVI, VGA and S-Video don't carry sound, HDMI does.

DVI-D will convert to HDMI as its digital.

VGA and DVI-A are analog.

DVI-I will do analogue and digital.

There are 3 main types of DVI, make sure you pick the right one.