Hooking up a Laptop to Tv

I play games on my laptop but i want to hook it up to my big screen and play it. So basically just a video feed of the laptop to the TV, what do I need to accomplish that

 

Do you have an HDMI port, or VGA? If VGA, just run a standard VGA to a VGA compatible TV. Same with HDMI. If you don't have either, check if your notebook has an S-Video port.

 

ya s-video is easy...see if ur NB has it

 

More info is needed.

What ports does your TV accept?
What ports does you notebook have that your tv also has?

btw, S-video has a high response time, and only 30Hz, or 30FPS limit, so it won't be as smooth as your laptop display, and might have ghosting.

 

^Correct. HDMI or VGA are your best bets.

 

I have a VGA port, and so if the TV has a VGA port it will work? what is the response time using VGA

 

Since this thread is in the gaming section, I'm guessing that you'll be hooking your lappy up to the TV to game. Just take another note that when using S-VIDEO, it only shows up maximum 480i, to 1024X768. Therefore you should expect some blurriness, and no crispness you'd expect to see with gaming on high res (no matter how high you put the resolution inside your games settings).

If you want crisper, higher resolutions, stick with HDMI or VGA.

 

I don't know the exact response time of VGA, but you can run native resolutions, and will be quick enough for gaming.

 

omgsh thanks dab3 you answered my weird 1024X768 resolution problem and blurryness on my 32 inch tv.

btw does anyone know if there is a hdmi to VGA converter i dont think my tv is hdmi capable =(

 

Here's one. Pricey as hell, but all I could find.

 

i run mine in vga, and it carries hd 1080 stuff and gaming is fine !!

 

Hi sry if im posted in someone elses thread but i thought it would make sense to post here as i have a simular problem too.

I have a 32 inch tv HD ready with hdmi outputs and i plan to get a Novatech X80R laptop which is a reseller on the NP5792 it has a DVI port. Will i be able to connect a DVI to hdmi through a cable and get HD performance and res if i play games or watch films on the tv?

 

I would like to hook up my laptop too but my laptop (vostro 1400) only has an S-Video port. Would watching movies from my laptop on my non-HD tv be rubbish? As ppl here says u can only get 30fps, so will watching films be a bad expereince?

 

Polsta & othrs,

My inspiron 1720 does not have VGA ports.( polsta has it on his 1720. is it add ons?) but have only svideo out. Moreover they say on website that it is 5.1 channel compatible. How is it so? i can see only one headph audio jack which gives a stereo output.

 

HDTVs = VGA, HDMI, or use a DVI-to-HDMI converter if your TV doesn't have a DVI port and vise-versa

Ordinary TVs = S-Video cable, TV-out cable + 3.5 mm to RCA converter for audio
*If you're gonna play games on ordinary TVs (SDTVs), make sure it's on 640x480. At least you can now max-out the settings and still get insane FPS. LOL. And it's gonna look just like (or even better) than an Xbox 360 or PS3 on an SDTV.

@ pjain

I think you need something like an external sound card like the Creative Audigy 2 ZS Notebook. But I'm quite sure that one still doesn't have enough jacks for 5.1 surround. Ask the other guys.