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laptop to PC connection - Robbie8666 - 25-09-12
Mrs Robbie has decreed that money is tight so we are going to be going out less but so that we can still have pleasant evenings in wants me to be able to connect my laptop (toshiba satellite 4 years old) to the Samsung TV (she already has got a mega sony sourrond sound system connected to TV )
now I know I work in IT but just not sure what would be best way to acheive this any ideas
from experts or enthusiastic amateurs or from any one that already has done this kinda thing?
Re: laptop to PC connection - goldfazer - 25-09-12
Got an HDMI connector on TV and lappy?
Re: laptop to PC connection - Robbie8666 - 25-09-12
not on laptop
but have on TVRe: laptop to PC connection - Tiberius Onklevaart - 25-09-12
You'll need a video card on the laptop with a TV out. Settings or properties will have an option for it if it has one. If it does then it might be HDMI but if its 4 years old, chances are it might be s-video out. Mailing have leads, or online.
Re: laptop to PC connection - Tiberius Onklevaart - 25-09-12
mailing = maplins
Re: laptop to PC connection - Chillum - 25-09-12
Your laptop should have a VGA out, which if you have a spare monitor cable you should be able to hook up to the PC input of your TV.
For sound you'll need a 3.5mm male - male connection lead to get the sound from the laptop to the line-in of your sound system.
This is the simplest method assuming you have the cables and ports on each device.
Re: laptop to PC connection - breadlord - 25-09-12
Bradshaw's recommendation: Get a Pivos Xios media centre;
http://www.pivosgroup.com/xios.html
It's a tiny box, about the size of two packs of cards and plugs into your HDMI socket. You run XBMC on it and stream the media from CIFS shares on computers around the house. I've got one here and I'm blown away by it. It runs the same software as my home theatre PC at home, but it's TINY. It's got B/G/N wifi inside it, too.
Not sure if they send to the UK, but I don't mind picking one up here and sending it on when I get back next week.
Re: laptop to PC connection - Arfa - 25-09-12
Your laptop will likely have some sort of monitor out, be it VGA or DVI-D.
If its VGA, see if you're telly also has VGA in. VGA - VGA cables are dead cheap, but don't go too cheap if you want more than around 3m ish, especially at 1080p (1920x1080).
If you're laptop has DVI-D, then try a DVI-D to HDMI cable. Plus side here, is it's digital all the way, so probably better quality. Note, DVI can carry analogue (DVI-I) or digital (DVI-D), hence why you get VGA-DVI and DVI-HDMI cables, but telly's can only accept a digital signal over hdmi.
Note: both these options are Video only, sound will need to go across separately. TV's with VGA usually have a 3.5mm jack socket next to it. However for HDMI in, they expect sound mixed with HDMI.
As you have a separate sound system, this is not a problem, just send sound straight to it, skipping telly. The speakers in LCD screens these days are tiny crappy tinny things anyway.If you laptop is pretty new, you may even have HDMI out on it (possibly a mini-HDMI socket), which should also output sound.
Note: some telly's, particularly older 720p ones will only accept a 720p picture on HDMI and then scale it up to the screens native res (usually 1366x768), which often makes small text and web browsing a horrible experience. My old Sony Bravia was like this, but on its VGA input, it would let me feed it a 1360x768 res image and display it without scaling, which made it crystal clear and as good as monitor. You might need todo some messing around with your video card settings to get 1360x768 out as its not always standard, sometimes just gives you 1024x768, so you get black borders down sides.
Re: laptop to PC connection - Grahamm - 25-09-12
(25-09-12, 02:53 PM)Tiberius Onklevaart link Wrote: mailing = maplins
You know you can edit your posts now...? :pokefun
Re: laptop to PC connection - manuel32 - 25-09-12
well if that has not confused you then your onto a winner :eek
Re: laptop to PC connection - Lazarus - 25-09-12
doesnt the raspberry pi provide streaming capabilities?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=raspberry+pi&sugexp=chrome,mod=5&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&safe=off&sclient=psy-ab&q=raspberry+pi+what+is&oq=raspberry+pi+what+is&gs_l=serp.3..0l2j0i22l2.1142.2063.0.2391.8.6.0.2.2.0.270.1079.0j5j1.6.0...0.0...1c.1.7SWx1vktIEA&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=a1e412e8e5d43a4d&biw=1134&bih=815
Re: laptop to PC connection - alan sherman - 25-09-12
Depends what you want to achieve. If you have windows 7, and the TV is a recent samsung connected to your network router, then you could use DLNA to play media files to the TV. Sadly there is no way of doign this with a browser for iplayer, 4OD etc. However if your TV is recent you should have iplayer and netflix apps on there anyway.
Every laptop has a VGA (monitor) connection but as stated above you'd need to run sound through too.
Or if your TV has a media layer and USB buy a large external drive and dump porn onto that to watch on the TV.
Or take her to the cinema
Re: laptop to PC connection - Tiberius Onklevaart - 26-09-12
(25-09-12, 05:07 PM)Grahamm link Wrote: [quote author=Tiberius Onklevaart link=topic=4744.msg40444#msg40444 date=1348581210]
mailing = maplins
You know you can edit your posts now...? :pokefun
[/quote]
where's the edit button?
Re: laptop to PC connection - Robbie8666 - 01-10-12
Can I just say thank you for all your advice in here,
connected VGA lead laptop to TV
got a 3.5mm make to male jack lead
hey presto laptop now uses tv as ascreen & through tv speakers
cant connect into sony amp as thats to old and not got right connections but can now blast you tube out on tv when kids are out!!
cheers all
Re: laptop to PC connection - BBROWN1664 - 01-10-12
Quote:you tube out on tv when kids are out
dont you mean YouPorn? :pokefun
Re: laptop to PC connection - Lazarus - 01-10-12
theres porn on the internet????? whatever next
Re: laptop to PC connection - Robbie8666 - 02-10-12
(01-10-12, 03:55 PM)BBROWN1664 link Wrote:[Quote:you tube out on tv when kids are out
dont you mean YouPorn? :pokefun
we prefer Xhamster!
Re: Re: laptop to PC connection - DanielT - 02-10-12
(01-10-12, 03:39 PM)Robbie8666 link Wrote: got a 3.5mm make to male jack lead
cant connect into sony amp as thats to old and not got right connections
Must have phonos?! Get a 3.5mm male jack to left & right phono lead
Re: laptop to PC connection - Chillum - 02-10-12
Don't forget you can always add remote control to this little system..(this is what I use when I stay at Premier Inn's)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Windows-Control-Infrared-Receiver-Ultimate/dp/B003ZV3J72/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1349172342&sr=8-1
Just plug this in to your laptop's USB port and you have remote control
(PS the site you're looking for isn't YOUtube, it's RED)
Re: laptop to PC connection - DILLIGAFF - 02-10-12
Amazon are selling a wireless dongle for £19.76 delivered. Search .....
[size=1.7em]Hama Wireless LAN 300Mbps USB 2.0 WiFi Stick
I managed to transfer pics and toons but ran out of expertise when it came to streaming TV :'( [/size]