Connect Laptop to TV..?

Question

My Tv: Samsung Series 4 50" PS50B451 HD Ready Freeview Widescreen Plasma TV

My Laptop: dell laptop inspiron 1545

I want to watch a movie that's on my laptop, on my tv. Help?
If you say a lead could you send me a link to buy it? or how much it would roughly cost, please?
thanks in advance

Answer 1

Hello 'Catwoman',

Firstly 'Andybr1g' is wrong

and yes you understand correctly.

I have the same laptop model, so their was no need to research it, although i have researched you Television, Nice by the way, and it is PC compatible, and so is your laptop.

To view PC input on your Television, you will need either a HDMi cable, or the cheaper alternative a SVGA/VGA Cable,

The following link is from amazon and they start at about £4.00, which is fairly reasonable, considering some have free delivery,

Hope everything works properly, and i have previously used amazon before and they have proved to be good,



http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss__0_4?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=pc+input+cable&x=0&y=0&sprefix=Pc+i



If you live in the UK like me, you could try Argos, their abit more expensive though, cheapest £14.79, Cat No: 675/5555



Also their the some, Cables on amazon to make your sound come though the television, click the link below



http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_e?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=Stereo+Male+to+RCA+Male+Y-Cable&x=0&y=0



Anymore questions don't hesitate to ask,

- Daan

Answer 2

Update:



You can use the Audio from the TV as well, if you get a cable similar to this one:



http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Go-03180-Stereo-Y-Cable/dp/B0002J1LES/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1249910933&sr=8-4



Hope this helps.



Wireless..:)

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Hi Catwoman,



As per the specs in the below link you have a VGA port on your Laptop.



http://www1.ap.dell.com/in/en/home/notebooks/laptop-inspiron-1545/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-inspiron-1545&cs=indhs1&s=dhs



So, if your TV has a VGA port as well, you can use a VGA-VGA cable and connect both of them. Using the Presentation view on the Laptop and enabling the VGA mode on the TV will give you the desired video on TV.



Hope this helps.



Wireless..:)

Answer 3

there is a wire which is the same as the wire that connects a monitor and a pc buy it and then connect it to your laptop (there is a specific place for it ) then connect it to the tv ( if it is old it might not have a place for it) then press the fn button button and press f4 or f5 while pressing the fn until a kind of list shows up it has 6 or 5 pics press f5or f4 again while holding the fn until the 2nd pic has agrey black square on it switch the tv to pc input and there you have it ( stop pressing)

Answer 4

You need to have an hdmi or vga or svideo port on your laptop to send video OUT..

You need to have an hdmi or vga or svideo port on your TV to send video IN.

If you have vga OUT on your laptop, and hdmi IN on your TV, you need to buy an hdmi cable, and a vga to hdmi adapter.

You need to find out what ports you have on both devices, and buy the necessary cables, and or adapters.. .. hdmi cables costs around $50 in store, but you can buy them online for $10 to $20. You get what you pay for in quality though. www.newegg.com search for hdmi cable, or whatever cable/adapters you need.

Answer 5

buy a modem from chippedmodems.com and watch tv on your laptop.