How to watch movies in TV from Pc

syan

Dear Experts,

We have bought Samsung 37” hd tv from Dixons (Model- LE37R88BD). Inputs - 3xHDMI, 2xSCART, 1xComponent, 1xPC.
We are thinking to set up wireless connection for my desktop (Vista), laptop1 (windows 2000) and laptop2 (xp). I want to buy a wireless keyboard in order to play movies in TV from laptop, etc.
I am not sure how to set up laptop connection to Samsung tv. Does it need to be wired only, I mean from laptop to tv or is there anything I can do without connecting my laptop to tv through pc connection.
I am very new to these things. Could anyone of you please guide me how to set up these things (wireless router -à Laptop to PC connection)

Thanks in advance.

elite_2

Easiest is to go cable from laptop/pc tv out to your tv input

I have a Mediamvp which gives me access to all my music, video and pictures

Works well

HTH

EDIT: this wont work with hdmi though - comes with scart

Hippychick

we have this Netgear a digital entertainer which connects your telly wirelessly to your pc you can watch movies play tunes and look at pictures etc that are stored on your pc. It's quite easy to set up and saves having cables everywhere.

It's similar to the mediamvp above and again is connected via scart

viv0147

I have apple TV it cost £200 it works with a mac or windows and its wireless so I can watch movies etc on my 37 inch TV

Ramz_3

viv0147 wrote: »

I have apple TV it cost £200 it works with a mac or windows and its wireless so I can watch movies etc on my 37 inch TV

The only problem I can see with Apple TV is that the videos need to be in the right format.

elite_2

GBPVR is free if you have a spare box kicking about the place...

Hythers

I use a showcenter, and have nothing but praise for it.

banger9365

you can buy a dvi to hdmi lead

lewt

i may be wrong but if you have an xbox can u not run it through that?

me i got one of them dvix players from lidi with the usb port and a 4gb flash stick... cost of £50

banger9365

thats right you can us the xbox and vista using the media centre that come wth some vista versions to view films play music and all that and a tv card

syan

Thanks all for your replies. I think Netgear is best option for my requiremnt. But, the thing is i have only 2 scarts connecttions to my tv(vcr to sky ---> sky to TV ---> DVD to tv). So these are already engaged. Is there any way i can have HD connection cable instead of scart cable?

Could you please let me know if there are any good deals for netgear eva700 or latest..
http://www.netgear.com/Products/Entertainment/DigitalMediaPlayers/EVA700.aspx

Thanks,
Syan