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Connecting my laptop to TV somehow.

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DragoonPK
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
3259 Posts
June 18 2009 19:32 GMT
#1
So, I wanna connect my laptop which is an HP Pavillion dv5:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/me/en/ho/WF06b/321957-321957-3329744-64354-64354-3744212-3877191.html

To my 5 year old TV which only has I believe the regular 3 color composite port.

In addition, I dunno how this might be relevant, I have this home theater system that has HDMI connectivity:
http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/home_av/others/0,39037618,39263711p,00.htm

So would someone explain a way for me to watch stuff on TV?

caelym
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6421 Posts
June 18 2009 20:07 GMT
#2
all you need are video cables... basically if both ends of the cable fit, you're good to go (just change your tv input setting to whatever cable you decided to use: s-video, hdmi, component, etc)
bnet: caelym#1470 | Twitter: @caelym
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-18 20:50:30
June 18 2009 20:49 GMT
#3
I dont know if you can connect a non HDMI tv to a computer without a lot of trouble and hassling... might be easier to just buy an HDMI capable tv?

Or just buy a big monitor... 21" Never leaves me wanting for more screen real estate, and movies look great.
U Gotta Skate.
Kennelie
Profile Joined December 2007
United States2296 Posts
June 18 2009 20:49 GMT
#4
by the looks of it I don't think you will be going very far. The home theater system equipped with the HDMI is only an output so can't do nothing with that. My best bet is finding a vga to rca(composite) cables.

Also it didn't seem as your laptop had s-video connection? Didn't read it on the specifications at least.
ya had ya shot kid!
DragoonPK
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
3259 Posts
June 18 2009 20:54 GMT
#5
On June 19 2009 05:49 Kennelie wrote:
by the looks of it I don't think you will be going very far. The home theater system equipped with the HDMI is only an output so can't do nothing with that. My best bet is finding a vga to rca(composite) cables.

Also it didn't seem as your laptop had s-video connection? Didn't read it on the specifications at least.


Yeah the only possible thing I can think of is the VGA to composite cable. Thanks anyways.
PriitM
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Algeria181 Posts
June 19 2009 13:43 GMT
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LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
June 20 2009 04:06 GMT
#7
VGA to composite cable is the way to go if your TV doesnt have svideo, vga or hdmi.

I fricken hated this question with a passion back when I worked at Best Buy.

I had this convo almost every day:

"How can I connect my laptop to my tv?"
"what kind of laptop do you have? What kind of tv do you have?"
"I dunno- how do I do it?"

gay.
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