Connect laptop to LCD

Ashok_2

I was wondering what the best way to connect my laptop to my SONY KDL26S2030 Bravia LCD Television were... The TV has these connections:

1 HDMi input
1 PC input
2 scart sockets

I wanted to connect my 360 to the LCD, and I guess that would be connected through the HDMI input. Which leaves the PC input and the scart sockets. The thing is, I had a lot of HDTV videos on my laptop which I wanted to view in HD quality on my LCD, so I'm not sure if you can view it in HD if it is connected via any connection other than the HDMi input.

If worse comes to worst I don't mind taking out 360 cable when using the laptop etc... but it would be much more convenient if I didn't have to.

I have a 5.1 set of speakers already connected to my laptop via sound card, so I would only need to view the video on the LCD screen.

Thanks in advance.

gaming_guy

all you need is a VGA cable from the laptop to the TV such as this one

Ashok_2

gaming_guy wrote:

all you need is a VGA cable from the laptop to the TV such as this one

But would that mean I'd still be able to watch the HDTV video files in HD quality? I thought I'd need a DVI to HDMI cable? Obviously there is only one HDMI, so I'd have to switch between 360 and Laptop..

gaming_guy

has the laptop got dvi or vga?

Ashok_2

gaming_guy wrote:

has the laptop got dvi or vga?

It has DVI...

Out of interest, for me to be able to view the HDTV files in HD quality, would it have to be connected to the HDMI in the LCD?

gaming_guy

Ashok wrote:

It has DVI...

Out of interest, for me to be able to view the HDTV files in HD quality, would it have to be connected to the HDMI in the LCD?

i think you could get away with a DVI lead, otherwise this may do