Laptop to TV Cable?

goob

Hi

I have one of the old style widescreen TVS (CRT?) and I am wanting to hook my laptop (Sony Vaio?) up so I can watch IPlayer and SkyPlayer etc on there...

However the only sockets on my tv are the red,white and yellow plugs and then the scart

Anyone know if this can be done and what we need to do this?

Thanks

JasX

i remember they used to do some form of SVGA to red/white/yellow TV adapters at one point, can;t remember what they were called tho....

talk2alex

It can be done, but it depends on what outputs you have on your sony vaio. Depending on how old it is, it'll likely have a VGA cable (for connecting to a monitor) , possibly s-video, DVI, or if it's really new - a HDMI output (which won't be much use here). There are many different options for each. Unfortunately none of them are usually very easy as the signal coming from your laptop is different to the one that your TV will read so it may have to be converted first.

Otherwise there are other options such as media streaming, which seems to be growing in popularity (although I don't rate it particularly).

Do you know which outputs you have got to work with?

JasX

talk2alex wrote: »

Otherwise there are other options such as media streaming, which seems to be growing in popularity (although I don't rate it particularly).

They kinda tend to be designed for HDMI type inputs too....

ohyeahitssorcy

If you could let us know either the model of your vaio or tell us what outputs it has that would be useful