Callum Trialsin Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 im going to buy a laptop soonish and i want to b able to display what on the laptop on a tv or large screen, if it has to b a monitor then is there a way of connecting a tv arieal (sp?) and displaying tv on it aswel. can u connect laptops to a tv screen somehow? cheers callum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...e/ipod/apple_tvNot sure if it works on an ordinary windows laptop but thats the sort of thing ill read into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 im going to buy a laptop soonish and i want to b able to display what on the laptop on a tv or large screen, if it has to b a monitor then is there a way of connecting a tv arieal (sp?) and displaying tv on it aswel. can u connect laptops to a tv screen somehow? cheers callumYes you can. Most laptops come with an s-video out port, which can go directly into a TV.PS no text talk. Its also possible to go back into new members... it has been done before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...e/ipod/apple_tvNot sure if it works on an ordinary windows laptop but thats the sort of thing ill read into it.that's nothing to do with what he wanted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Trialsin Posted August 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Yes you can. Most laptops come with an s-video out port, which can go directly into a TV.PS no text talk. Its also possible to go back into new members... it has been done before.Noted, but i didnt think it was that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...e/ipod/apple_tvNot sure if it works on an ordinary windows laptop but thats the sort of thing ill read into it. Wicked reply, comepletely irrelevant.Toms covered the s-video aspect... but some laptops also have a standard vga socket for connecting to a standard tv monitor. With newer flatscreen "HD" televisions some have vga sockets which you could directly connect the laptop to and if you were to buy a vga to dvi connector you could fit a dvi-hdmi cable and connect it to one of the tv's hdmi slots.If you can, go with the vga over the s-video as the picture from an s-video cable will be blurry and pixelated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 OK sorry i completely missed the point, I'm running duel screen myself on my laptop so i understand it, i get it now that you are looking to display whatever is on your screen on a second screen i think every laptop can do this because there made for presentations (the slot to insert secondary screen). I just made a complete tits up of skim reading and thinking about the apple TV thing i saw advertised.Sorry, but it is rather nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 If you're on an older screen, you can run VGA out to a TV but you need an RF modulator - to be honest, I'd not bother, they are not that good at all and aspect ratio may look dodgy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 yeah, it's completely achievable, but if it's purely for a bigger display type thing it will look awful, just buy another monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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