Just bought a plasma tv and want to hook up my laptop to it. how can I do this if my laptop is older?

Question

This plasma has a connection that allows you to hook up your laptop to it. Its a 50'' vizio hdtv. the laptop is a toshiba tecra m2, a few years old. I know that the newer laptops are able to connect to TV's, but not sure mine can. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Answer 1

Try S-Video, or VGA if there's that port.

Ideally, HDMI is the best method but your laptop is too old. Most recent laptops barely have HDMI ports. There is a DVI to HDMI cable, but I'm not sure if you have the DVI port, nor how good the quality will be.

Answer 2

Considering that your laptop is older, that rules out HDMI. There's a distinct possiblility you have an S-Video port, but in the event you do, it's also likely you have a VGA port as well.

Between the two, VGA provides a better quality over S-Video.

If you're uncertain what a VGA port looks like, visit this link.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

If you have a port on your laptop that looks like that, you can visit your nearest Bestbuy, or electronics store, and purchase a Male-to-Male VGA cable. I'd recommend getting one at least 6 foot, maybe longer for convenience.

If no VGA, then perhaps you have a S-Video Port. Mind you don't get it confused with a keyboard or mouse port, as they look almost identical.

The link shows one for clarity.

http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/hatasa/kurosi...

Same scenario. If you have one, you can purchase a Male-To-Male S-Video cable.

You'll probably also need audio, and I'd recommend getting a 9 foot or longer 3.5 mm Male-To-Male Headphone cable.

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