HDMI - PC to TV

[The Sleeping Giant]

Should be fine

[HH3]

i dont have a HDMI port on my laptop tho,

That parts probably gonna be the worst thing. Ive never done it without a HDMI cord, but i think without one, detaching it from the TVs a bit for fiddly if you wanted to use your laptop, you know...on top of your lap.

Dont hold me to that though. Could be piss easy.

[Dissident]

im about to buy a cord for the laptop to tv
hopin its a lot less stressful than for Q

i dont have a HDMI port on my laptop tho,

For starters, would be cords probably

VGA cable if your TV has VGA in, and a 3.5mm uadio jack to 2 RCA maybe.

[Johno6]

Yeah sorry
We have something at work for my boss from his laptop to a bigger monitor

I'm assuming would be similar to that

[Dissident]

Yup - would be for video - not audio

Unless it's a Display port adapter, like some IBM (and others) have.

[Johno6]

SO IT WOULDNT ALLOW ME TO RUN THE AUDIO THROUGH TV THEN JUST PICTURE?
I WANNA USE IT MORE FOR NBA LEAGUE PASS ETC SO ID PREFER SOUND THROUGH TV/SURROUND SOUND FOR IT.

shit sorry for caps.

[Dissident]

Depends what cable you use

Fact is - you need to get video and audio out of your laptop and into the TV

Either that's video through one cable and audio through another cable, or it's video and audio through one cable - which would only be HDMI or DisplayPort. If you have neither of those, you need to get two cables.

And even then it won't look great

[Dissident]

Go get an AppleTV for $110 and watch League Pass through that.

[kickinit]

Go get an AppleTV for $110 and watch League Pass through that.

best move I ever made

[The Sleeping Giant]

Depends what cable you use

Fact is - you need to get video and audio out of your laptop and into the TV

Either that's video through one cable and audio through another cable, or it's video and audio through one cable - which would only be HDMI or DisplayPort. If you have neither of those, you need to get two cables.

And even then it won't look great

He can get an adapter that splits the headphone jack into analogue.

[The Sleeping Giant]

So a VGA cable, headphone jack splitter and analogue cable. Cost=bugger all.

Then you don't need to spend $110 on apple TV and sign up with iTunes. ;-)

[Dissident]

Depends what cable you use

Fact is - you need to get video and audio out of your laptop and into the TV

Either that's video through one cable and audio through another cable, or it's video and audio through one cable - which would only be HDMI or DisplayPort. If you have neither of those, you need to get two cables.

And even then it won't look great

He can get an adapter that splits the headphone jack into analogue.

I know he can - that doesn't change the fact he needs two cables.

[Dissident]

So a VGA cable, headphone jack splitter and analogue cable. Cost=bugger all.

Then you don't need to spend $110 on apple TV and sign up with iTunes. ;-)

VGA will severely restrict the quality of what is output to the TV.
Probably doesn't need a splitter though. Just output the audio jack to the amp or TV. That isn't hard.

And the AppleTV is pretty cool to be honest - especially when setup for Airplay.
Plus, my laptop in my lounge room is in a docking station and plugged into the amp - so moving it to another room (or outside to the 42") is a hassle - the AppleTV is great for that.

[kickinit]

So a VGA cable, headphone jack splitter and analogue cable. Cost=bugger all.

Then you don't need to spend $110 on apple TV and sign up with iTunes. ;-)

apple tv also saves you from having to keeping plugging in his laptop to the tv, he won't lose quality through the vga cable, and he will also be able to run sound through his home theatre through hdmi of optical. also doesn't need to use itunes if he is using for nba league pass. but I suppose for someone like you it would be very difficult to be able to understand how to use a apple tv.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Quick, get the gaff.

[Q.]

For whatever reason, this started working the other day.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Hooray