Comments on: How To Connect A Laptop To A TV

By: ali

ali — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:20:46 +0000

i have a laptop which has HDMI technology, i wanna connect to the TV which has the RCA connection port can any one suggest me to carry forward.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:09:45 +0000

You may also try this VGAtoVideo Extender Kit which provides you with the quality and results that allow you to send video farther, see images clearer and relay on our proven technology to span long distances (up to 125 feet) by connecting any video source to any screen. This is all done using regular ethernet CAT5 or CAT6 cable.

- Entertain family and friends by connecting your PC to your big screen TV!
- Enjoy your favorite downloaded movies
- Show home videos and photo slide shows

Here is a simple instructional video on how you can hook everything up:
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By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:18:23 +0000

Horribly vague and misleading article. DVI can surpass HDMI, and the specification includes an HDMI mode. VGA can match HDMI resolutions. S-Video and Composite connections provide very similar signals—S-Video separates and shields differently, which will reduce interference, but otherwise have no effect on the signal.

More useful would have been a description of converting between common laptop outputs and common TV inputs. For example, converting from DVI to HDMI is rather inexpensive, but going from VGA to S-Video is expensive.

By: Sultan

Sultan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:42:19 +0000

I need help
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i bought 4pin s-video/3RCA cable to connect my laptop to TV.
but what happens is that only the white works as the composite video not the yellow as it suppose to
(is this normal or there is something wronge with the cable ??)
,and the picture on TV is black and white (unless i connect the other 2end ,the Red and the Yellow as audio)

the problem is that i will end up with no place for the audio cable (phone output to RCA cable ).

Am I doing something wrong ???

By: mike

mike — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:01:06 +0000

i connected my laptop to my plasma with vga and all i got was the windows xp and loading screen and then blank,plasma has vga input, what am i doing wrong.

By: harry

harry — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:38:11 +0000

laptop to TV.I have the right connections.do I need to configure laptop to recognise TV.soar nothing has happended after cable connections made? thanks harry

By: JS

JS — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:31:16 +0000

I seem to not be able to find an answer to this that I like.

My Laptop is HDMI, my big-screen tv has s-video and rca.

So HOW does one go from HDMI to RCA cheaply? I am not interested in $300 converter boxes so we can watch some Youtube documentaries together, as nice as that would be. Is there ar “magic cable”that can do this??? Any help is appreciated.

By: steve

steve — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:35:31 +0000

hey i have a question…i have to vga cord and t connected to my tv and when i try watch movies through windows media player and there is sound but no movie playing…any suggestions…….thanks

By: Hana

Hana — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:48:00 +0000

Hi,
I was able to connect my laptop to the TV using a VGA cable and it works fine. However, when I try to get the sound to work by using a 3.5mm to 2 RCA audio cable, it fails. I’ve tried fiddling with the sound settings on the TV, but nothing seems to work. What am I doing wrong?

By: geraldz

geraldz — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:01:44 +0000

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By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:02:36 +0000

Very useful. Thank u. Is there anyway that I can view tv in my laptop.(other than using a tv tuner card)

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:56:38 +0000

Hi,
Excellent write-up of all the different ways to connect to TV, but after trying this in the last couple of days, I’ve found a big flaw(well, for me anyway). I’m trying to connect a mac to my HD TV, and after hooking up a HDMI cable through a dvi adapter, I, like you mentioned, don’t have sound. So, I hooked up a rca cable from my headphone jack and, hey presto, I’ve got sound. However, the problem lies in the fact that I can’t have picture and sound together. This is not a computer problem, but a problem with the AV. My TV doesn’t allow me to combine video and audio inputs. So, now I can either play a game or watch a DVD without sound from the TV, or listen to itunes without a picture on the TV. It’s a bummer because I’ve just spent $45 on cables. The point I’m trying to make is that people should check what they can do on their TV first before trying to connect.

Regards, Carl

By: DWiner

DWiner — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:33:35 +0000

Thanks a lot MUO. Readers might want to visit a very useful site to understand the various connection modes between your PC and TV:

By: Ganesh

Ganesh — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:36:57 +0000

I had tried connecting to TV with a USB-to-RCA cable. Did not work.

By: fullbug

fullbug — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:34:41 +0000

Thanx for the tips Mike, will give it a shot, thank you….

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:58:45 +0000

Fullbug

If I understand correctly, you will be using an s-video cable for the video from your laptop. The audio will need to go through the RCA cables. I think you know this much. So, you will need an adapter to convert your headphones plug to stereo RCA(red and white.) You will then plug the RCAs to the television. The other end will plug in to the adapter. Then from the adapter you will run a phones cable to your computers headphones or audio output.

By: Nathan Mylott

Nathan Mylott — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:15:48 +0000

Does anybody know what cable I need to connect my camcorder to my iMac (aluminum 20″, intel) and import the videos into iMovie? The Apple support site is confusing and doesn’t really clearly say.

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By: fullbug

fullbug — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:19:11 +0000

I dont quite understand how to hook up my RCA/composite cables to my laptop though, I would be using an S video hookup, since my ’s’ cable port would be used for the picture where would I hook up the RCA cables?

By: fullbug

fullbug — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:10:57 +0000

Thanx, just so happened I was looking for info on this subject just yesterday, great article….

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By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:28:55 +0000

Im glad you found it useful Ricardo! Cheers!

By: picardo

picardo — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:34:30 +0000

This is very useful. I’ve been looking to replace my monitor cables for a few days. Now I’ll know what I’m doing. Thanks!