Cable from TV to Laptop

coastee

What is the name Type of cable use to connect your Laptop to a LCD Television.
Coastee

blammo

coastee wrote: »

What is the name Type of cable use to connect your Laptop to a LCD Television.
Coastee

there are several different types available and it depends on your laptop. a relatively new laptop may have a HDMI connection, olders ones will probably have s-video. modern LCD tvs will possibly also have the same kind of connection as a pc monitor so you can use the monitor from a pc. hope this helps

Sput2001

Yeah, it depends on your laptop. If you let us know the make and model number...

almillar

VGA (blue with holes), DVI (white with a grid shape) or HDMI (small, long, also carries sound and is best choice if laptop and TV support it).
Check what resolution your TV supports on whatever input you plan to use. For example, just because you have a 1920.1080 FullHD TV, doesn't mean you can input that resolution through VGA. Check your TV manual.

coastee

The Laptop is a HP Pavillion dv 1000 the TV a Samsung

GSXRCarlos

what are you connecting for?

Tv as a monitor?

coastee

Yes TV as a Monitor

Meadows

We have two HP Pavillion Laptops, both purchased within a short time of each other.
One connects via VGA and the other via HDMI.

GSXRCarlos

which model samsung is it?

i use a cable that runs blue to white, and another that is blue to blue, so all depends on what's on the back of your tv

can you take a pic of your tv sockets?

worldwheeler

almillar wrote: »

VGA (blue with holes), DVI (white with a grid shape) or HDMI (small, long, also carries sound and is best choice if laptop and TV support it).
Check what resolution your TV supports on whatever input you plan to use. For example, just because you have a 1920.1080 FullHD TV, doesn't mean you can input that resolution through VGA. Check your TV manual.

Hello, I have recently purchase a VGA to SCART cable. It came with a female VGA cable end and an adaptor male/male to change the female laptop output to male. But, alas, it does not seem to work.
But the adaptor seems to invert the VGA connection. The 15 pins seem straight through but the trapezium shape has inverted(long edge switches from the to to the bottom)
Is there a different adaptor that doesn't invert?

almillar

You mean the plug's upside down worldwheeler? the pins are all the same inside the trapezium, and you just keep the top to the top. I think that's what you're talking about. Maybe a photo would help. If your talking about pins and holes, yes you can get female to female or male to male adaptors.
I've never heard of a VGA to SCART lead.