Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
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Anyone know how you connect the laptop up to the TV so you can view it through the TV?
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Rob R
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Location: Kent
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HDMI? VGA to HDMI?
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adiohead
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What laptop? What outputs does it have?
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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And what inputs does your tv have?
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Nismo
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VGA is probably the most common option.
if its older it might have S video or if its newer HDMI.
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Mark.W
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HDMI it say on the side.its an Acer Aspire 5552.
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Mark.W
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Don't really know what im looking for behind the tv but heres whats on the back of it.
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Nismo
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just HDMI lead to the tv, unplug whatever that HDMI in the TV goes into and plug it into the laptop 
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Mark.W
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Ands thats it?
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Sam
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Yes.
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Balling
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark.W
Ands thats it?
TV and PC needs to be turned on!
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Toby
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And will only work.if your laptop has HDMI out on it. Otherwise need a VGA to HDMI cable
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Mark.W
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It works!!!!! Thanks Nismo 
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Mark.W
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Havn't been able to watch any tv since Tuesday because kids kicked a football off the sky dish and broke it 
At least now we can watch something until sky get there arse out and fix it.
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oceansoul
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Originally posted by Toby
And will only work.if your laptop has HDMI out on it. Otherwise need a VGA to HDMI cable
Or just a VGA cable. His tv has VGA in.
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Brett
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Is there even such a thing as vga to hdmi cable?
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Aaron
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I use VGA from my media centre to TV. Works fine.
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ed
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Nope, VGA is an analogue signal and HDMI is digital. The two protocols are completely different.
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Brett
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Originally posted by ed
Nope, VGA is an analogue signal and HDMI is digital. The two protocols are completely different.
Thought so.
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Toby
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http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=270549100366&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=00102421113
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by Toby
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=270549100366&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=00102421113
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"PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE BUYING THIS CABLE TO CONNECT FROM YOUR COMPUTER TO HDMI TV, YOU WILL NEED AN ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL CONVERTER (NOT INCLUDED)"
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ed
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quote:
*********PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE BUYING THIS CABLE TO CONNECT FROM YOUR COMPUTER TO HDMI TV, YOU WILL NEED AN ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL CONVERTER (NOT INCLUDED)********************
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Toby
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I saw that, just saying you can purchase such an item as i took Ed's comment to infer that it wasnt
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