So I got this new thing for my laptop and I would like to project it onto my TV so I can have a 42" screen instead of my laptop screen which I think is 12" So I was wondering what kind of cable I would have to buy to do this? I am sure there is something out there, but I do not know what it is.
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hooking up laptop to TV
03/08/08 10:15 am | #1
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It depends on the ports of your tv. My Olevia has a VGA port. This is one of the formats used for monitors. My Macbook Pro has a DVI, or maybe a min-DVI port. I use a cable that came with my mac and a dvi to vga converter and then it can work with the VGA port on my tv. There might be alternatives if your tv doesn't have a VGA port, but I wouldn't know them.
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03/08/08 10:38 am | #3
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Also, if you have Windows Media center, you can run it through your Xbox 360.
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I've never been able to get media center to work properly on 360. I've just about given up on the entire process.
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If you TV doesn't have a VGA/DVI port, look around on your laptop for a video out port (It will either look like a spot to plug one of those Yellow RCA cables, or an S/Video port). Get the cable for whichever one your laptop has, connect it to on open RCA/S-Video port on your TV, and there you go! You might have to configure the video out options through the laptop, but you should be all set.
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