Can a laptop connect a TV?

Now the size of the LCD TV is bigger, many families have bought a large 60-inch color TV. So, there are netizens think: if the laptop can connect the TV, on the 60-inch big TV to play racing games that much fun ah! In fact, the idea is also achievable, then, how to let the laptop connected to the TV? Below, the small series for everyone to share a notebook connection TV method, everyone together to understand it!

Laptop Connection TV

Now most of the LCD TV with HDMI, CRT, chromatic aberration and other video input interface, if you can use a laptop to connect to the TV program, you can add an experience. Using HDMI is the simplest and most convenient way to connect a computer to an LCD TV, and for the moment, there are three types of interfaces commonly used for laptop-connected LCD TVs: Vga,dvi and HDMI. Where DVI and HDMI are digital transmission, in order to ensure the quality of the picture. HDMI can also transmit audio at the same time, without the need for additional audio cable or fiber connection speaker, more convenient.

However, there are still not many laptops with HDMI, so check to see if your laptop has an HDMI interface. If you have one, you only need to buy a better quality HDMI cable to use the LCD TV to play the video on your laptop. To determine what the LCD TV video input interface, if only the VGA interface, then any laptop can be competent, if there is a DVI or HDMI interface, then in the purchase of notebooks, we should pay attention to pick.

If your laptop does not have an HDMI interface, then you have to use the traditional CRT video cable and the AUX audio cable two wires to connect the notebook and LCD TV. These interfaces are also very easy to find, the notebook has a blue 15 pinhole of the D-type interface is the CRT output interface, LCD TV will also have the same interface, the two will be connected with a dedicated wire, audio is the use of both ends are 3.5 mm specifications of the audio transmission line. The specific video settings and HDMI settings, the audio aspect of the "Device Manager" in the selection of the normal sound card, no need to specifically activate the HDMI sound card.

First set up the TV for the VGA input, and then set the resolution of the Monitor 2 and the TV required to the same, followed by the desktop expansion to the display, in the notebook has a key combination, usually fn+ a similar to the display pattern of the key, you can switch to the VGA output. Since the TV has a VGA interface, it can be used as a display, I think you should check your TV's format, PAL, or NTSC, change for a try?

If you also want to use fiber output audio signal, then we should pay attention to select a notebook with SPDIF fiber output. (DVI and HDMI can be turned between each other, but only after the transfer of video signal, can not transmit audio signals.) )

LCD TVs mostly support 1920x1080 resolution, but most laptops can't support this high resolution, so you'll need to make some settings on your laptop after connecting your laptop and LCD TV.

The method is very simple, first in the system desktop with the right mouse click on the "Properties", go to "Display Properties", then select the "Settings" tab, in "Display device" Select your LCD TV model, and for the LCD TV Select the appropriate resolution, such as 1280x720 or 1920x1080, and tick " The option to extend the Windows desktop to this display so that the LCD TV does not distort the picture when it displays the contents of the notebook computer.

In addition, if you want to transfer the audio from the laptop to the LCD TV, you also need to activate the "Hdmiaudio" device in the Device Manager, so that you can use the HDMI transmission at the same time.