Connecting Laptop to TV

[mcdanielnc89]

Hey everyone. I'm looking to buy some cables to hook my laptop to my tv.

I have an HP Pavilion DV9000 and a Philips 32" LCD HDTV with Digital Tuner.

Here are the specs of the laptop and tv. I don't exactly know what kind of cable or cables I ned to buy in order to accomplish what I'm wanting to do.

If at all possible, provide links to cables that would be good.

HP Pavilion DV9000 Specs:

Operating Systems: Windows® Vista™ Home Premium
Expansion Ports: 1 - Express Card Slot/54 or 34
USB Ports: 4
FireWire Ports: 1
Fast Infrared Ports (FIR): 1 - Consumer IR
Audio Out Jacks: 1 - SPDIF
Line In Jacks: N/A
VGA Ports: 1
S-Video Connectors: 1 - TV Out
Port Replicator/Connector: 1
Additional Technologies: PowerNow! Technology
HyperTransport™ Technology
Supplemental Drive Type: Media Reader
Capacity: 5-in-1
Media Types: SecureDigital
GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 (UMA
Video Memory: up to 559MB (UMA)
Video Interface: S-Video, VGA
Display Type: WXGA+ with High-Definition BrightView
Viewable Screen Size: 17"

Philips 32" LCD TV:

TV Technology: 	LCD
TV Definition: 	HDTV
HDMI: 	Yes
Brightness: 	500 cd/m2
Contrast: 	3200:1
Response Time: 	8ms
HD Ready: 	Yes
Widescreen: 	Yes
Model No.: 	32PFL5322D/37

 

[KozyEmilio]

yep u sure can all you need is an s-video cable and a male-male i think its 3.5mm plug the one that will hook up into ur computer although could u take picture of ur tv on the back just so i can see visually the connections and if the audio and video will play @ the same time

 

[Jack Hammer]

Don't know if your model tv has it or not, but I just used a plain old computer vga to vga connector to hook my laptop to my Tv. Check your tv's inputs or post the actual model number so we can see if you have a computer input on it.

Jack

 

[mcdanielnc89]

I'll see about getting the actual model number. it's on the tv mount on the wall so it will be complicated, LOL.... I'll see what I can do.

 

[jcPanny]

PC connections

I use the VGA output from my laptop and the TV happens to have a VGA input. If your doesn't, you can get an adapter to go from VGA to component video.

For audio, your laptop has a digital audio output (SPDIF). It probably uses a digital coax type connection w/ RCA connectors on each end. Any modern receiver will included this type of input, but you might have to use analog audio (red/white RCA connections) to connect directly to the TV speakers.

Check out monoprice for inexpensive cables.

 

[mcdanielnc89]

Will I loose the High Definition no matter what?