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Ohmess
Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 242 Location: Vienna, VA
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Link Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:22 pm Post subject: Laptop to TV |
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There appear to be several products here for connecting a laptop to a TV. Laptop is a Dell Dimension; TV is a Sony Bravia LCD.
Can someone help me with a quick and dirty summary of the pros and cons of each connection product? Thanks.
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greg_mitch
Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 5321
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Link Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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Try a VGA cable.
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ecrabb Forum Moderator
Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 15909 Location: Utah
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Link Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, deep subject, and lots of variables. Depends on your Dimension, your exact model of Bravia, and your intended purpose for connecting the laptop to the TV. Fill us in a little on what you'd like to accomplish, and we can narrow down the discussion to something less than a novel.
Cheers,
SC
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 17860 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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Mr. Green
Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Posts: 1394 Location: Calgary
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Link Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:41 am Post subject: |
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My laptop has a VGA output and the TV has a "D-SUB" input (VGA), which I found worked really well, but I wasn't using a high resolution. It was whatever was higher than 1024x 768, but wide screen. Don't remember exactly.
It will depend what your laptop has as a video out. My guess would be a VGA out, unless it's a really nice dell (maybe DVI and less likely HDMI). The thing I liked is the 10 foot VGA cable I bought was only $15 (definitely the cheapest option). It worked well for the "big screen" experience before the projector came into play. Now the projector does it all. No more TV as a monitor for me.
Good luck. It's pretty easy once you know what inputs and outputs you have.
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Ohmess
Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 242 Location: Vienna, VA
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Link Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I've got VGA out and the TV has a VGA in, so I'm planning to try a VGA cable and mess around with the Display settings.
I'll report back. Thanks.
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greg_mitch
Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 5321
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Link Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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greg_mitch wrote: | Try a VGA cable. |
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shawncanry
Joined: 27 May 2010 Posts: 3
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Link Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 8:59 am Post subject: |
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I'm trying to figure out which cables I need to run my laptop to my TV. I have a Dell Studio. I took pictures of the plugs on the side of my laptop and what's on the side of my TV.
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Curt Palme CRT Tech
Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 24301 Location: Langley, BC
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Link Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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Great, can you post those pictures?
As with the above posts, an SVGA to SVGA cable is the easiest and best way to do it.
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fabious45 Guest
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Link Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:26 am Post subject: |
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You could use HDMI if your TV have it, now almost all 2 years old laptops have HDMI.
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