Connecting my Laptop to a TV

I want to make my tv as a second monitor, both with Video and Sound.

My TV has a vga. components, svideo, and a hdmi port. My Laptop has a DVI, vga, and a svideo.

I want to use this DVI to HDMI cable to plug into my tv.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189057

HOW CAN I GET SOUND? Here is my tv and laptop.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220181
http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/prod...UCTS&cm_ite=1 PRODUCT&cm_keycode=93#prodspecs

 

use a 1/8" stereo to RCA cable.

 

note that it's going to look like crap because you're going to have 13__x7__ resolution on a 32" LCD.

please no follow up threads trying to figure out why it's not very workable after you hook it up.

 

It's a 720p TV, it'll look just fine.

 

There's no audio-in on your TV?

http://www.showmecables.com/showProducts.asp?category_id=16940

 

Most TV's are setup up with inputs...i.e. input 1 being vga + SPDIF, input 2 being S-Video + RCA jacks, etc.

If your going DVI to HDMI then there will be no way to get sound in, unless it has a seperate sound in on that input....most TV's do not. They put a HDMI in and that's it.

You can buy a converter box that takes the DVI and SPDIF and converts it all into a HDMI signal but your looking at least $250 US for that. You can't go DVI-D (Digital) to VGA either because VGA is analog. You'd need another converter box for that.

 

that's 720 horizontal rows of pixels on a surface that is 32"

go look in the Dell thread at how many people are complaining about the fact that Dell is only currently offering 1280x800 on a 15.4" surface.

i've seen 720p on a 40" LCD TV and it was ridiculous.

have YOU seen a setup like this?

 

Using a 32" 720p screen for movies etc. is just fine, especially if you sit 2 meters or so away from it. Using it for tasks that require precision, for example text editing or graphics editing will be a strain to the eyes, as sitting too close will make everything look blurry, and sitting too far away will make everything too small to see clearly.

 

If you're hooking up your computer to do graphics design or text work, you're doing it wrong.

However, to say that 720p on a TV is a crappy resolution just means you've never seen an HDTV. You don't sit 2 feet from your TV when you watch a movie or play a game on it, instead you're probably 5 feet or more away. That makes the resolution just fine.

That or we've all gone blind esp. when we were using SDTV's with a 420 resolution.

And to address the Dell people - they complain about everything.

 

please reread the original post. he wants to use a 32" LCD tv with a resolution of 13xx by 7xx. i've seen and attempted to use the very notebook i'm typing this post on with a 40" LCD tv and a 50" Plasma HDtv.

it doesn't work. i mean, technically, it works, but it looks like crap and you can't use it as a "desktop".

you CAN use it for movies and such but since you're such an astute reader, you know that's not what the OP was asking, right?

 

Apparently being an astute reader, I missed the invisible "I want to read text and photo edit on a TV".

I'm guessing you've never played an XBOX 360, PS3, watch HDTV, Bluray, or HDDVD - given how darn blurry they are on those 720p HDTVs.

 

The native resolution of TVs is not crap, it is just considerably lower than LCD monitors of the same size, due to the difference in viewing distances. Using a TV up close as a PC monitor is not what the TV is designed to do, and hence it won't look very nice. Of course, gaming and DVDs are a different matter, as rarely will you find text with a font size of 12pt or lower in a computer game or DVD, which the makers of the game/movie actually requires the user to read.

 

Use VGA, the quality won't be quite as good but at least then there will be an audio in jack.

As long as the TV will be used at TV viewing distances, there won't be any problem with the resolution.

 

So what would you say be the best way for me to do this? A DVI to HDMI and a 3.5mm RCA wire? Should i just get these two?