[SOLVED] Playing Laptop On TV

Stevie Hoops · 10-04-2009, 12:50 PM

Hey everyone, little bit of expertise needed.

My laptop has a HDMI port, and my tv has one too. I want to play things through my TV off bbc iplayer, but when i do the sound comes out my laptop and the laptop screen stays on, i want it to go through the tv only, so the laptop kind of works like a dvd player if you get what i mean.

Any ideas?

Thanks

yustr · 10-05-2009, 07:10 AM

All laptops have a key that cycles through: laptop screen only, laptop screen + external minotor, external monitor only. Find that and set it to Lap + ext and then set the resolution to one that your TV can handle. The owners manual will tell you which...if not you'll have to cycle through a bunch until the TV "sees" a signal it likes.

10-04-2009, 12:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
Stevie Hoops Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Birmingham UK Posts: 33 OS: Vista Premium 32-Bit	[SOLVED] Playing Laptop On TV Hey everyone, little bit of expertise needed. My laptop has a HDMI port, and my tv has one too. I want to play things through my TV off bbc iplayer, but when i do the sound comes out my laptop and the laptop screen stays on, i want it to go through the tv only, so the laptop kind of works like a dvd player if you get what i mean. Any ideas? Thanks __________________ XBL: Stevie Hoops

10-05-2009, 07:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 6,031 OS: XP Pro My System	Re: Playing Laptop On TV All laptops have a key that cycles through: laptop screen only, laptop screen + external minotor, external monitor only. Find that and set it to Lap + ext and then set the resolution to one that your TV can handle. The owners manual will tell you which...if not you'll have to cycle through a bunch until the TV "sees" a signal it likes. __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion.