BBC I Player ...

Sosdon

It will probably come across as a daft question , but here goes..

The wife wants to watch BBCI and a few other channels on the television , is it as simple as buying a HDMI cable and connecting the lap-top to the television ?

[Deleted User]

Yup. Just make sure you have both HDMI on your laptop and television (to state the obvious).

You may have to press Windows Key + P to make it flick onto your screen.

Sosdon

Thanks DL :T

Lifeforms

restart the laptop with the tv plugged into it, if the picture looks odd sized, or doesn't fill it up. Then fiddle with the graphics settings to make it the best fit.

Dave_C_2

Re-posted, apologies if I'm repeating myself.

On my Win 7 laptop I just plugged it into the TV and everything worked just fine. No fiddling with graphics settings at all.

I had to set the source on the TV as HDMI#1

The TV just acts as a giant monitor with good sound

Dave

Bikertov

If you hae a Wii games console, you can also watch BBC iPlayer as a channel on that too.

Just go to the Wii Shop Channel and download it for free

Sosdon

Me again ...

Got the HDMI Cable , picture comes up great on the tv , but no volume , do i need audio cable thing's ?

Darksun

Sosdon wrote: »

Me again ...

Got the HDMI Cable , picture comes up great on the tv , but no volume , do i need audio cable thing's ?

Play around with your sounds settings, you might have to set your laptop to output audio over hdmi. What is the make/model of your laptop? The majority of computers with HDMI out can output audio over hdmi, but there are a few that can't.

Sosdon

Lap tops a ACER aspire 5740 , two year old ( ish )..

Sosdon

This might help ...

• Dolby®-optimized surround sound system with two
built-in stereo speakers
• Optimized 3rd Generation Dolby Home Theatre®
audio enhancement
• True5.1-channel surround sound output
• High-definition audio support
• S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) support for
digital speakers
• MS-Sound compatible
• Built-in microphone

debitcardmayhem

Check your audio settings as Darksun suggested particulary the output tab (i.e. select HDMI)