Is it possible to plug a laptop to a Plasma tv?

Question

I'm having a party this weekend and I want to put visualizations (like the ones on winodws media) on my plasma tv . Is there a way to hook my laptop to the tv to show them?

or any other way ?

Answer 1

Check whether your laptop has an Composite out( in general an RCA socket)/S video out/15 pin D connector  socket. Wire the socket with  TV's respective External input socket. Select that particular 'out' in laptop and 'Video in' Tv and view.

Have any doubt! Just go thro' the manuals of Laptop and TV.

Even a beginner can do this. The only thing is, you must have the particular socket's connecting cable.

If your laptop has not, any type of video out, there is no possiblity at all. But in general laptop's will have, any one type of video out socket esp. '15 pin D connector' as in Desktop computers.

Answer 2

You can...but Plasma TV sets do not like the box that's created on your computer screen...like the one you're presently looking at....

That can and will burn a box into your TV set, and it most likely will never go away....

Just how important is it to impress your party-goers? Worth burning your plasma screen to the tune of $2300.00?

I'd rent a DLP from Rent-A-Center or maybe even a Flat panel LCD TV set from them.....tell them what you need it for, and they can setup a nice unit for you, then all you do is pay the weekly rate....

Answer 3

If your TV has a VGA input just connect the laptop to the TV using a standard 15 pin VGA cable.

If your TV does not have a VGA input and your laptop does not have a video output, you will need a "scan converter".  It is a device that converts VGA to video.  

Here is one that works great and is about $90:

AVerMedia AVerKey iMicro Converter

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/...

Your TV will not be permanently damaged if you display your computer on it for a party.  It would only be damaged or "burned in" if you allowed the same screen to be shown on the TV for an extended amount of time.  A visualization screen or a slideshow would not harm it at all.