Comments on: Hook Your Laptop to Your TV or HDTV

Jake

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:31:09 GMT

Hi,

I have hooked up my Pakard Bell Laptop to My Alba HDTV using a HDMI cable and nothing comes up. People say "make the tv your default monitor" or something but i looked through the display settings and I dont have a clue how to do it : ( help please!

Jack

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:08:31 GMT

Im trying to get my Vostro 1310's audio up to my Samsung HDTV with a 3.5 mm phone cable But weve tried most sockets in our tv........help please?

khaled

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:31:36 GMT

THANKS!!! I hooked up my laptop tonight and got HD quality picture with great sound!!! Keep up helping people and may you get help when you need it!

Cindy

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:37:36 GMT

We have a Sharp HDTV with 1080p resolution - it is approx 1 yr old. I have a Toshiba laptop that is about 6 or 7 years old. It has VGA output, no DVI or HDMI output. The TV has 6 input ports, ports 1 2 and 3 are RGB, ports 4 5 and 6 are HDMI ports. We bought a VGA to RGB cable, but when we plug it in I can't get the video to show up on the TV (tried the 2nd screen thing). It almost looks like from the TV manual (which isn't as helpful as I would like) that it will only accept PC input from ports 4 5 or 6. Do I need to buy a converter box instead of cables??

Shanna

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:19:53 GMT

I have a newer laptop with HDMI and an older (2003) plasma tv with a detached tv box. The TV doesn't have HDMI but does the RGB/DVI output. I have a connector cord to connect the HDMI on my computer to the DVI on the tv box and it doesn't work. Can you tell me what to do!?!?

Thanks!

mike

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:32:01 GMT

Thanks a lot for the guide! I'm a total noob at this stuff so you got me running in the right direction.
acer travelmate 4670 <==DVI-D==> optoma DLP 65"

Nathalie

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:53:09 GMT

Hi.
I have a HP Pavillion and a B&O television. Both have s-vhs output. I've bought a cable, but i can't get the picture to show. I've tried the fn-button, didn't work...What to do?
thanks in advance

Oleg

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:26:58 GMT

Lobo235,

Thanks you for very informative article!

Z

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:48:26 GMT

Hello,

I have a Sony VAIO FW270 laptop (Native HD1080p - 16:9 - 1600 x 900 resolution), which has HDMI output (a very good multimedia laptop with 16.4 inch dispaly).
Now I decided to buy a HD Ready TV, a Samsung 32A466 (so resolution 1366x768). When I connect the laptop to the TV with HDMI 1.3 cable resolution of the laptop changes to 1366x768 (this is okey), the blue-ray movies are stalling. Even with simple 700 MB movies there are some lines visible in action scenes.

Do you know what could be the problem? Why is it so slow? This laptop is for multimedia, but even so it is slow on output on HDTVs.. :-?

Soa

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:51:31 GMT

Hey i got the recommended VGA to RGB Component Cable to hook up my Sony Viao to my Olivia HDTV...However no matter what i try i cant even seem to get any image on my tv...I've set the second monitor setting to 'attached' and messed with the screen resolution...dropping it down to the lowest 800x600 that i can....if anyone has any suggestions it would be appreciated....hopefully someone still checks this thread...