no Hdmi port How would I connect a laptop to my HDtv to watch movies if the laptop has no HDMI port? I'm trying to choose a new laptop and found one I think I like, but no HDMI port. Should this affect my decision if one of the things I might want to do is watch netflix through my laptop? no Hdmi port How would I connect a laptop to my HDtv to watch movies if the laptop has no HDMI port? I'm trying to choose a new laptop and found one I think I like, but no HDMI port. Should... » Read More no Hdmi port How would I connect a laptop to my HDtv to watch movies if the laptop has no HDMI port? I'm trying to choose a new laptop and found one I think I like, but no HDMI port. Should this affect my decision if one of the things I might want to do is watch netflix through my laptop? « Show Less
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Does your HDTV have a VGA input? If like mine yours doesn't, then you're out of luck.
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A number of HDTV's have VGA ports, Just a little extra room in your laptop bag for a VGA cable. You would also need an audio cable to go from laptop to TV. HDMI can carry Audio & Video.
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The resolution will be HD but the picture will have noise and interference patterns. Can anyone confirm that this laptop lacks HDMI? It looks like it doesn't, which is a shame...
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Yes that true but you would not get HD quality only VGA which I believe is lower than HD.
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My wife and I have been using her laptop to watch movies (on DVD and through Netflix) on our 32" LCD tv in our bedroom at least twice a week for the last 2.5 years with no noise or interference patterns at all whatsoever. Her laptop is an older Acer which has no HDMI port, and we connect using the VGA port. Please explain your reasoning for telling everyone why any video connection through VGA will have noise and interference patterns. That type of connection worked just fine for pretty much every computer monitor made from the mid 90s until the more recent popularity of the DVI connection. My wife and I have been using her laptop to watch movies (on DVD and through Netflix) on our 32" LCD tv in our bedroom at least twice a week for the last 2.5 years with no noise or interference patterns at all whatsoever. Her laptop is an older Acer which has no HDMI port, and we connect using the VGA port. Please explain your reasoning for telling everyone why any video connection through VGA will have noise and interference patterns. That type of connection worked just fine for pretty much every computer monitor made from the mid 90s until the more recent popularity of... » Read More My wife and I have been using her laptop to watch movies (on DVD and through Netflix) on our 32" LCD tv in our bedroom at least twice a week for the last 2.5 years with no noise or interference patterns at all whatsoever. Her laptop is an older Acer which has no HDMI port, and we connect using the VGA port. Please explain your reasoning for telling everyone why any video connection through VGA will have noise and interference patterns. That type of connection worked just fine for pretty much every computer monitor made from the mid 90s until the more recent popularity of the DVI connection. « Show Less
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Let me see if I understand your question. Do you want to use your TV as a monitor for your laptop in order to see (on the big screen) what is playing on the laptop? If your answer is yes, then why not connect your laptop directly to the TV using the proper cable? Without knowing which outputs you have on your laptop, and which inputs you have on your TV, I can not advise you as to what kind of cable to use. The kdLinks HD680 is designed for use with a WIRELESS network which requires that you have a wireless modem. My main PC has 3.5 terabytes of memory storage, and I have my music and video library stored on it. I can watch or listen to anything, stored on my computer, on my big screen TV located 60 feet away in the living room. It is wonderful! The kdLinks also has 2 usb inputs allowing you to hook up to a portable hard drive. It is very possible that you might be able to link your laptop to your TV using one of those. But why? All you really need to do is connect the laptop directly to the TV. I am a HUGE fan of the kdLinks HD680, but it is primarily for use with a wireless network. Give me more information about the outputs on your laptop and the inputs on your TV and I will help you with advice as to which cable you need.
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No. You need a USB to HDMI cable. But if your laptop has a display port (usually bigger than your USB port) then you can use this
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please help. i have a laptop with an hdmi port and i want to be able to connect it to a vga projector. shouldn't this cable be able to do it? i can't get it to work.
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This projector comes with a VGA cable-commonly known as a DE-15. (Go to Wikipedia/VGA Connector for a picture). If your laptop has one of those plugs in the back, you are all set. It also has an HDMI connector, but does not ship with an HDMI cable. (Wikipedia/HDMI for a picture). If you laptop only has an HDMI connector, you will need your own cable.
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As long as your laptop has a VGA output, you can connect it to your laptop.If your laptop has a DVI or HDMI output, you will need a DVI to VGA or an HDMI to VGA converter. You can use any converter no matter how inexensive it is, because this monitor accepts a digital VGA signal. I personally use it for my desktop (which has a VGA output) and my PlayStation 3 (which I use a cheap HDMI to VGA converter for, and it works perfectly).
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I wondered the same thing. It took me a month to figure out- and then believe it's really that simple- that YES, I can simply connect my high-end laptop to my mid-range flat screen TV, by HDMI to HDMI ports on each device, and stream anything I could get on my laptop, directly onto my flatscreen TV... But, why on earth WOULD I WANT TO? YES- You CAN do it, but why bother? If you do use your PC as a live stream (to TV) device, then every time you want to watch live-stream TV (vs. cable TV), you have to remove your laptop from it's current location (ie, maybe you were using it earlier,
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My notebook does not have an HDMI output port, so I can't personally test it, but I can think of no reason that it wouldn't work between HDMI output on a computer and HDMI input on a TV.
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Yes, if you laptop has HDMI port, you just need an HDMI male-to-male cable. If you laptop has a DVI port, you need to purchase a DVI-to-HDMI cable with DVI audio support (e.g. not all DVI cables support audio)
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You would likely need an adapter or two. This does not have an HDMI port in the laptop, so you would have to convert a VGA connection to HDMI. You might be better suited with a Chromecast or ROKU device if you want to stream content to your TV from your network.
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This computer does not have an hdmi output...it has a display port output that requires an adapter to connect an hdmi cable. If you are using a display port to hdmi adapter, I am not sure what the problem is. Hopefully it is the adapter and not the port/card.
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B. Fisher is correct. I mean, you can hook your laptop up to it via HDMI, but you will not be able to get any internet access.
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I just bought an HP Pavilion dv7-4270us which has an hdmi port. I want to hook it up to watch stream Netflix to a Toshiba 40RV525R which also has an hdmi port. What else do I need to do or be concerned about? How much should I spend on this cable - there are some really cheap ones out there.
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This will not work for letting you display the PS3 output on your laptop. Laptop HDMI ports are only video OUT ports, modern laptops don't have any video IN ports, so you will not be able to view any content on your laptop's screen from a device other than your laptop.
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Yes, you can connect this from a laptop with an HDMI video port to an TV with RCA A/V inputs. However, please know that this is not a very high quality converter. The best usage would be to display videos and movies as someone else already mentioned that text, such as your computer desktop, will be almost illegible. This will not suffice as a solution to a second computer monitor. Watching movies will be ok and honestly, the smaller the TV screen size that you use, the better the picture will appear.
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not a tech genius but I connect my laptop to tv to watch netflix, not sure what connection is called. dell laptop.
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This is a USB to HDMI adaptor and I have a windows 7 laptop. I am not sure if your laptop has an HDMI port. I bought this device for my projector and laptop use. It works fine for me.