connecting lap top to tv

i have a inspiron 6400 and i was wondering if it is possible to hook up my laptop to my tv using a s-video cable. my laptop is a inspiron 6400 and my tv is a JVC widescreen.

 

Yes, you should be able to but you might have to tinker with the scaling of screen and other settings to get it just right.

 

As the other poster said, there is no reason why it shouldn't work.

If your laptop came with media direct it's pretty useful for using your laptop as a portable content machine.

I use it to play DVDs alot. I only wish I had a new enough HD TV to make use of the DVI on this sucker.

 

i pluged in the s-video in my laptop and the other end on the laptop. i put my tv on the right input and i got nothing. nothing was coming on my tv. what sould i do

 

Check out http://www.svideo.com

 

See your manual ^^ that's enough!

 

If your JVC TV has VGA, then use that. The quality is far superior. Simply connect up using an S-Video/VGA Cable and hit your external display quick key (Fn + ...)

 

im kind of new to this. what is a vga. and can you please tell me what the external display quick key is

 

my tv doesnt have a vga but it does have a s-video. what is the external display quick key?

 

An S-Video to VGA cable? Can you please provide a link to one? Thanks.

 

Hold down Fn/F8 keys

 

thank you so much Dutch. the fn/f8 keys works. im so happy now

 

ok what do you need to ocnnect xps m1710 to tv? what cables? where cna i buy them and how much does it cost?

 

S-Video cable.

Wal-Mart.

Depends on length. <$10 for a 6 footer. <$20 for a 12 footer.

 

wacky... so like thanks.

 

i connected my notebook to my tv but im getting black and white display on my TV i checked all the settings but no luck anyone know what is the problem ??

 

1) Is your TV and notebook set on the same standard (PAL or NTSC)?
2) Is the cable inserted all the way into both the notebook and TV?

 

i have the same problem... how do you set to the same standard?? my tv is bought in canada as well as my laptop.. shouldn't then both already on NTSC?

 

I'm having this problem too, is there any TV driver i should download? My TV is from Philip. But if I connect to my Dell LCD, it auto detect the LCD "Name & Model" and the picture is great

 

Hpl912, yes, your television (if not multistandard) and laptop should already be set to NTSC.

69cents, is your laptop not working with your Philips TV? There are no special TV drivers.

If you are having problems with your laptop detecting your television, try shutting down your laptop, setting your television to the S-Video input the laptop is connected to, then boot up the laptop while connected to the television.