Is there anyway that I can hook up my computer to my TV so I can watch movies on the TV~?

Question

I have a 48 inch plasma and would like to watch movies on it from Netflix. It will be more covenient and comfortable to watch movies on the big screen. I have a sorround sound system.

Answer 1

Ok I am sure there is a way. but I have no idea.

Answer 2

It would depend on your video card on your computer. Does it have DVI out? If so, you can use a DVI to HDMI cable and plug it into your TV. That's just for the picture-- for the audio you'd have to go out of your audio card; probably a 3.5mm stereo audio jack-- and you'd get a 3.5 mm to stereo rca cable and plug that into either your receiver or directly into your TV.

If you don't have DVI out, maybe your video card has an S-video out, in which case you can plug that into your TV. Audio would be handled the same way as above- with the 3.5 mm to stereo rca cable.

I assume you're already watching movies through Netflix, so I won't go into setting that up. But once you do have the netflix movie up and running, you have to enable the dual monitor feature on your videocard. Your PC probably needs a restart before it will recognize the second monitor (in this case the second monitor is your TV). You can then drag the netflix browser onto your TV, click on the fullscreen icon, and watch.

Answer 3

Yeah.

If you look in the back of your computer, there will be a Circular Socket, called the "Video output" socket.

The wire you need to buy looks like this..

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Answer 4

Sure if you have media center.   Or you should just be able to use the monitor output on your laptop and plug it into your tv input.  just like it were a monitor.  then you need to run and audio cable out of your laptop to your tv or audio system.

Answer 5

Use a usb cord

Answer 6

yes your tv should support vga like ur computer screen? or if not get an vga/dvi - hdmi cable.