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Smartchild
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Need a bit of advice on this little project. My daughter has a HDTV and wants to connect her notebook to it so she can use the TV as a large monitor and also to watch netflix. Her notebook only has usb and vga outlets, no HDMI outlet. I have found a 1080P USB Laptop PC to HDMI Video Adapter Converter 3.5mm Audio Cable HD TV LCD on ebay but its £24, does anyone know of a cheaper / easier way.
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Might be a silly question but has the telly not got a VGA socket? I thought almost all the new ones did.
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Newer TV's have HDMI connections which is much better ... I connect my laptop to a 43" screen. Nice.
I wonder if you can buy VGA to HDMI connectors?
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Rambo, yes TV has a vga port, but if I connect the notebook to the TV with a vga to vga lead you only get a picture and no sound.
Paulwirral, Will have a look for a vga to HDMI lead, hopefully that will produce picture and sound
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Hi
First of all, there are (complicated) ways to do anything, but this is in general.
You can get convertor boxes from VGA to HDMI, but you can't just use a straight cable, as VGA is Analogue, and HDMI is digital.
You might be able to use a VGA to DVI-A connector if your TV supports it (there are two main types of DVI, this only works with DVI-Analogue).
VGA will not carry the sound, even on a convertor box or DVI cable.
If your TV has VGA then you can always use a VGA cable to connect them for picture, and a 3.5mm (headphone jack) to 2x Phono (on your TV) to give you the audio. (This cable will cost you between £1 and £4 depending on length from a local computer shop I can't name)
Hope that helps, pm me if you need a hand.
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Easiest solution to this problem is to use a VGA cable to connect the video and (Depending on the TV) 2.5mm Jack to 2.55mm jack / 2.55mm to Phono and use that for audio. Each lead is around £2 on ebay.
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Ahhh, read the Dr. I didnt, hence the same info.
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Dr, thanks for the advice, I will pop in to "a local computer shop" and pick one up. I think my closest is near the Rockvilla public house.
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