Connecting my Laptop to TV

[andy1234]

I have a Dell laptop and I want to connect it to my TV.

(I often download TV shows etc and they are not so good on the laptop screen hence I would like to show the downloaded TV show on my widescreen TV).

How can I connect my laptop to my UK widescreen TV

[gpsmaze]

i wonder if bluetooth would let you do that...

[altek]

use your laptops output and connect it to your tv's input, dont know what wire you need...

[educzer]

Is that most flat panel TV has VGA input? Bluetooth won't work as your TV probably won't have a bluetooth built-in and also bandwidth of bluetooth will also be a problem..

[EhsanMZ]

The best and easiest way to connect your laptop to TV is to use a cable which is called S-Cable. it cost around 25$.
have fun.

[seanlindo06]

Or if you have a dv9000 you can use hdmi out:-D

[ethan.illinois]

Depends on which kind of output you have on your laptop video card and input on your TV set.

Generally speaking, a video card you buy now has D-SUB、DVI、S-VIDEO outputs at the same time and S-VIDEO output is usually used to make this TV-out happend.

No idea of your laptop, the instructions below are all based assuming you have a S-VIDEO jack on your laptop, although I am not sure(I have a IBM T42 which doesn't have one).

TV-OUT through S-VIDEO

The S-Video jack on your graphics card may have seven or four little holes and a rectangular slot or "key". You need to check this before you order the cable.

Check the URL below for pictures of different kind of S-Video jacks with 4 pins or 7 pins and the different kinds of cable.

http://hi.baidu.com/thzyzl/blog/item...0e92488ce.html
(It's an posting in Chinese, just check the pictures.)

(Learn more about S-Video, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Video)

Originally Posted by andy1234

I have a Dell laptop and I want to connect it to my TV.

(I often download TV shows etc and they are not so good on the laptop screen hence I would like to show the downloaded TV show on my widescreen TV).

How can I connect my laptop to my UK widescreen TV

[seanlindo06]

I'm curious, how will a laptop image translate onto a big screen tv?

[Nabeel]

Hi, This post is very informative, however I would like some specific information. If someone can help me then please send me a private message. Best Regards,

[mgallagher880456]

Hello i have a dell inspiron 1501 it only has usb printer vga and i need to connect my laptop to a 32" tv with only skart input is there a way of doing this and please tell me how any suggestions would be greatley appreciated my email is mgallagher880456@hotmail.co.uk

[gubak]

You have to check what kind of video out your laptop has? Mainly this is S-video. If you have s-video out, then you need an s-video connector and just conncet LapTop to TV (AV connector).