RESOLVED Laptop to TV

**Baldie559** · 04-05-2007, 02:51 PM

I wanted to hook my laptop up to my LCD TV so that I can watch movies on the larger lcd screen. All I need is an S-video cable right? video and audio will go to the tv???

**TheMatt** · 04-05-2007, 04:35 PM

Hi,

First, S-video only carries video, not audio. That is a common misconception. You will need a 3.5mm stereo audio to stereo RCA adapter.

Second, is this an HDTV? If it is, you should not use S-video, but instead get a VGA to Component video cable. That will allow for 720p and 1080p HD resolutions.

**Baldie559** · 04-06-2007, 08:06 AM

Thanks for the advice. How much do these cables usually cost? By using the VGA to component cable, will my avi movie files be HD quality on my LCD TV? Yes it is an HDTV.

**TheMatt** · 04-06-2007, 03:15 PM

As long as the movie is in HD resolution, then it will be in HD. If you play a DVD on the laptop and connect the laptop to the TV, that will most likely be in HD.

If you use S-video, you will be limited to 640 x 480 (SD). If you use component video, you can get 1280 x 800, 1366 x 768, and 1920 x 1080.

Make sure you choose the correct resolution when you connect the TV. What size TV is it? Do you know the resolution?

Here are the cables you need:
Video: http://www.beachaudio.com/product_in...oducts_id=5729
Audio: http://www.beachaudio.com/product_in...ducts_id=67373

**Baldie559** · 04-06-2007, 04:13 PM

According to the manual it has tv resolutions up to 1080i, and PC resolutions up to 1360 x 768 through HDMI and VGA.

Here is the link to the TV I purchased. Perhaps you can give me some other advice as well.
http://www.olevia.com/jsp/products/specs.jsp?pid=237v

Meanwhile I'll see if my local radioshack has these cables.

**TheMatt** · 04-06-2007, 09:17 PM

You need 1366 x 768 resolution.

That TV has a VGA input, so you need a standard VGA cable and the audio cable I described. Radioshack will have both of those.

What graphics card do you have? You will need to run it at 1360 x 768 as the site said. Some graphics cards don't support this resolution, so you migh have to get the latest graphics driver.

Make sure you don't use a refresh rate higher than 60 Hz, or you will damage the TV.

**Baldie559** · 04-08-2007, 09:02 AM

My graphics card is the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950. Do you kknow if my card will support that resolution???

The only refresher rate it provides is 60hz, no options to lower or higher.

**Baldie559** · 04-08-2007, 09:49 AM

I was looking into the graphics card control panel and the highest resolution it has listed is 1280x800. Will that change when I connect it to the TV???

**TheMatt** · 04-08-2007, 10:25 AM

What you will want to do is go here:\

Display Properites > Settings tab > Advanced... > Monitor tab

Unckeck the box labeled "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display".

That card supports resolutions up to 1920 x 1200, but from what I can tell it does not support 1360 x 768. Try getting the latest driver.

Use this driver:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...ional&lang=eng

If that still doesn't have the resolution you want, you can use a utility called powerstrip to modify the driver and add the custom resolution you need.
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=169

**Baldie559** · 04-10-2007, 07:03 AM

Will I have to adjust anythign on the TV????

**TheMatt** · 04-10-2007, 02:05 PM

You will want to go to the VGA or PC input on the TV. This will select the signal coming from the PC.

**Baldie559** · 04-10-2007, 07:53 PM

I can't figure out how to change the resolution using powerstrip....help Matt?

**laboye** · 04-11-2007, 11:17 PM

Hi. The Intel 950s have limited support for custom resolutions. Widescreen displays like your television should adjust or stretch the display properly for you to be able to view the image on your TV.You'll want the highest resolution without going over the TV's maximum resolution. 1024x768 is the highest standard, but isn't widescreen.

-Eddie

**Baldie559** · 04-25-2007, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMatt

You need 1366 x 768 resolution.

That TV has a VGA input, so you need a standard VGA cable and the audio cable I described. Radioshack will have both of those.

What graphics card do you have? You will need to run it at 1360 x 768 as the site said. Some graphics cards don't support this resolution, so you migh have to get the latest graphics driver.

Make sure you don't use a refresh rate higher than 60 Hz, or you will damage the TV.

So should I use a standard vga to vga or a vga to component cable? Will there be a difference in resolution between the two?

**TheMatt** · 04-25-2007, 12:41 PM

Use a standard VGA to VGA cable (aka just a VGA cable). VGA is essentially the same thing as component video (although different from YPbPr), they are both RGB interfaces.

Plug one end of the cable into the TV VGA input, and the other into the laptop VGA output.

**Baldie559** · 04-25-2007, 01:01 PM

Thanks!

**TheMatt** · 04-25-2007, 01:37 PM

You're welcome. Post back when you finally get it setup.

**Baldie559** · 04-30-2007, 07:31 AM

The setup was perfect. I used the vga cable and the 3.5 to rca cables. When I connected my laptop to the tv, my video card gave several options for resolutions and the 1380x768 was available. The quality of my video files was perfect as well. Thanks for your help.

**TheMatt** · 04-30-2007, 11:09 AM

You're welcome.

04-05-2007, 02:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 654 OS: Xp and Vista	RESOLVED Laptop to TV I wanted to hook my laptop up to my LCD TV so that I can watch movies on the larger lcd screen. All I need is an S-video cable right? video and audio will go to the tv???

04-05-2007, 04:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Laptop to TV Hi, First, S-video only carries video, not audio. That is a common misconception. You will need a 3.5mm stereo audio to stereo RCA adapter. Second, is this an HDTV? If it is, you should not use S-video, but instead get a VGA to Component video cable. That will allow for 720p and 1080p HD resolutions. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

04-06-2007, 08:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 654 OS: Xp and Vista	Re: Laptop to TV Thanks for the advice. How much do these cables usually cost? By using the VGA to component cable, will my avi movie files be HD quality on my LCD TV? Yes it is an HDTV.

04-06-2007, 03:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Laptop to TV As long as the movie is in HD resolution, then it will be in HD. If you play a DVD on the laptop and connect the laptop to the TV, that will most likely be in HD. If you use S-video, you will be limited to 640 x 480 (SD). If you use component video, you can get 1280 x 800, 1366 x 768, and 1920 x 1080. Make sure you choose the correct resolution when you connect the TV. What size TV is it? Do you know the resolution? Here are the cables you need: Video: http://www.beachaudio.com/product_in...oducts_id=5729 Audio: http://www.beachaudio.com/product_in...ducts_id=67373 __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

04-06-2007, 04:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 654 OS: Xp and Vista	Re: Laptop to TV According to the manual it has tv resolutions up to 1080i, and PC resolutions up to 1360 x 768 through HDMI and VGA. Here is the link to the TV I purchased. Perhaps you can give me some other advice as well. http://www.olevia.com/jsp/products/specs.jsp?pid=237v Meanwhile I'll see if my local radioshack has these cables.

04-06-2007, 09:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Laptop to TV You need 1366 x 768 resolution. That TV has a VGA input, so you need a standard VGA cable and the audio cable I described. Radioshack will have both of those. What graphics card do you have? You will need to run it at 1360 x 768 as the site said. Some graphics cards don't support this resolution, so you migh have to get the latest graphics driver. Make sure you don't use a refresh rate higher than 60 Hz, or you will damage the TV. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

04-08-2007, 09:02 AM	#7 (permalink)
Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 654 OS: Xp and Vista	Re: Laptop to TV My graphics card is the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950. Do you kknow if my card will support that resolution??? The only refresher rate it provides is 60hz, no options to lower or higher. Last edited by Baldie559; 04-08-2007 at 09:11 AM.

04-08-2007, 09:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 654 OS: Xp and Vista	Re: Laptop to TV I was looking into the graphics card control panel and the highest resolution it has listed is 1280x800. Will that change when I connect it to the TV???

04-08-2007, 10:25 AM	#9 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Laptop to TV What you will want to do is go here:\ Display Properites > Settings tab > Advanced... > Monitor tab Unckeck the box labeled "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display". That card supports resolutions up to 1920 x 1200, but from what I can tell it does not support 1360 x 768. Try getting the latest driver. Use this driver: http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...ional&lang=eng If that still doesn't have the resolution you want, you can use a utility called powerstrip to modify the driver and add the custom resolution you need. http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=169 __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

04-10-2007, 07:03 AM	#10 (permalink)
Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 654 OS: Xp and Vista	Re: Laptop to TV Will I have to adjust anythign on the TV????

04-10-2007, 02:05 PM	#11 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Laptop to TV You will want to go to the VGA or PC input on the TV. This will select the signal coming from the PC. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

04-10-2007, 07:53 PM	#12 (permalink)
Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 654 OS: Xp and Vista	Re: Laptop to TV I can't figure out how to change the resolution using powerstrip....help Matt?

04-11-2007, 11:17 PM	#13 (permalink)
laboye TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 1,246 OS: Windows xp Pro/Vista Beta 2/Ubuntu 6.06 LTS My System	Re: Laptop to TV Hi. The Intel 950s have limited support for custom resolutions. Widescreen displays like your television should adjust or stretch the display properly for you to be able to view the image on your TV.You'll want the highest resolution without going over the TV's maximum resolution. 1024x768 is the highest standard, but isn't widescreen. -Eddie __________________ Repair Windows XP Guide --- Resolutions Crazy Computer that I'm saving up for::Antec P180 Case;PC Pwr&Cooling 1kW Quad SLI PSU;Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe;Intel Core2 XE X6800;Corsair TWIN2XP2048 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM;2xAsus GeForce 7950 GX2;BFG PhysX Accel.;IBM DVD-RAM/Plextor DVD±RW;Seagate 750GB HD 7200RPM;WDX 150GB 10000RPM;Vigor Monsoon TEC Cooler

04-25-2007, 12:41 PM	#15 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Laptop to TV Use a standard VGA to VGA cable (aka just a VGA cable). VGA is essentially the same thing as component video (although different from YPbPr), they are both RGB interfaces. Plug one end of the cable into the TV VGA input, and the other into the laptop VGA output. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides Last edited by TheMatt; 04-25-2007 at 12:42 PM.

04-25-2007, 01:01 PM	#16 (permalink)
Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 654 OS: Xp and Vista	Re: Laptop to TV Thanks!

04-25-2007, 01:37 PM	#17 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Laptop to TV You're welcome. Post back when you finally get it setup. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

04-30-2007, 07:31 AM	#18 (permalink)
Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 654 OS: Xp and Vista	Re: Laptop to TV The setup was perfect. I used the vga cable and the 3.5 to rca cables. When I connected my laptop to the tv, my video card gave several options for resolutions and the 1380x768 was available. The quality of my video files was perfect as well. Thanks for your help.

04-30-2007, 11:09 AM	#19 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Laptop to TV You're welcome. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides