streaming laptop movies to tele

no1birdman

Hi, is it possible to stream a movie off bigu on my laptop to a 42 in rear projection tele that is 7 years old and has scart leads and 3 red white and blue holes. The laptop is newish, Thank You

Duggy747

For a TV that only accepts SCART then your laptop needs this S-Video port:



Otherwise you'll have to purchase an adapter, which aren't the cheapest.

PogMoThoin

S-Video doesn't carry audio, video only

no1birdman

Got one of those on my computor but not on laptop, got a hdmi on laptop,

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

Got one of those on my computor but not on laptop, got a hdmi on laptop,

Just get a HDMI cable and connect the laptop to the TV. You will then need to select the PC HDMI source on the telly. To have the sound travel through the HDMI (and not through laptop speakers) change the speaker output options in Windows from speakers to HDMI

Nick

no1birdman

so one end to the laptop where do i put the other end scart or the the 3 ,holes

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

so one end to the laptop where do i put the other end scart or the the 3 ,holes

If your TV doesn't have HDMI ports then it is not that simple, composite is analog wheras HDMI digital, you can't go from HDMI to Analog or vice versa. Something like this should do it, a bit pricey but thats the price you have to pay. Would getting a multimedia drive which takes an external hard drive with movies loaded on it and plays on the TV be a solution? Be cheaper and less hasstle in the long run. Something like WDTV

Nick

no1birdman

where would i get a convertor please

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

where would i get a convertor please

No clue tbh, ebay (just the first one I found, I'm not vouching for this product/seller at all)?

Nick

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no1birdman wrote: »

where would i get a convertor please

http://www.amazon.co.uk/KanaaN-HDMI-Composite-S-Video-Converter/dp/B005ZCUA26/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338914034&sr=8-1

no1birdman

thanks, just looked u can get one that goes to a scart as well on ebay, which would be best scart or the 3 leads thank you

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

thanks, just looked u can get one that goes to a scart as well on ebay, which would be best scart or the 3 leads thank you

No difference really between Scart and Composite (Scart may be slightly clearer, although it would only be slight). Also you do no that Composite will not carry HD signals? So you will be viewing the movies etc in SD. If your TV has Component input (Has aditional colors Blue, Purple, Green from memory) it will do HD, so look for a hdmi to component adaptor

Nick

no1birdman

its a 8 year old rear screan projector tele 42 in i dont think it does hd anyway so i might not be able to tel the difference

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

its a 8 year old rear screan projector tele 42 in i dont think it does hd anyway so i might not be able to tel the difference

Yeah, it probably doesn't. Unfortunately going from HD->SD like this will have a severe effect on quality, especially smaller words will probably be very blurry on the big TV (possibly even unreadable),

Nick

no1birdman

my kitchen tele got a hdmi connection on it, i plugged a hdmi cable in it from laptop and input on tele says hdmi, when i connect laptop ,screen goes off laptop but no picture or anything on tele, am i doing something wrong, thanks

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

my kitchen tele got a hdmi connection on it, i plugged a hdmi cable in it from laptop and input on tele says hdmi, when i connect laptop ,screen goes off laptop but no picture or anything on tele, am i doing something wrong, thanks

Try updating the video card drivers

Nick

no1birdman

hi, its windows seven, how do i do that please

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

hi, its windows seven, how do i do that please

What is the make and model # of the laptop? You should be able to find out the video card you have from Device Manager>display Adaptors

Nick

no1birdman

its a dell about i year old

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

its a dell about i year old

Thats not much help, . What model number is the Dell (look at the sticker on the bottom)

Nick

no1birdman

vosrro 1540, i tried wifes new laptop, and that goes blank like mine and comes back on but again nothing on tv, so 2 laptops will connect but no picture on screen, mine now goes blank when i connect and comes back on but again no picture on tele, tele input first says no signal then goes on and offwhen i connectmso looks like connected with no picture, when put cable in laptop it bongs like its found it.

subway

press the "Fn" key (bottom left beside control) and "F8" together to switch the outputs on most dell laptops

yoyo

I think this is your video card, so try updating the drivers. Also see subways advice above re: FN key

Nick

no1birdman

tried the fn key f8 no difference

no1birdman

hi, which one in the list please

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

hi, which one in the list please

Try this one!

Nick

no1birdman

hi, mine windows 7

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

hi, mine windows 7

Vista/7 same drivers

Nick

no1birdman

downloaded the file, what do i do with the file ie how do i update off the file

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

downloaded the file, what do i do with the file ie how do i update off the file

Unzip the archive somewhere, then run the setup.exe and follow the on screen instructions

Nick

no1birdman

thanks but i do not know what that means, the file i downloaded is in my documents, what are archive and the rest. its getting complecated,

no1birdman

pressed set up it says this driver will not go on this system

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

pressed set up it says this driver will not go on this system

My bad, I linked you to the wrong ones, try these instead

Nick

no1birdman

updated but still no picture, the computor shows its connected to tele but no pic or sound

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

updated but still no picture, the computor shows its connected to tele but no pic or sound

Have you tried another HDMI cable?

Nick

no1birdman

no, i better go and buy one

Skerries

if you have a console such as a PS3 or XBox 360 you could stream it through that

no1birdman

tried a new cable no difference, old cable tested on my sons ps3 perfect, stuck now

yoyo

no1birdman wrote: »

tried a new cable no difference, old cable tested on my sons ps3 perfect, stuck now

I've used HDMI out on a Intel HD chipset before and from memory had no issues. Only other advise I can give is to right click on a clear area of the desktop and click graphics properties. Play around with the settings in there. also I do know sometimes there is a "pc mode" setting on the tv, but generally you should see some picture. Also may be worth trying type "connect to a projector" into the start menu search, click on the result and play around with the different settings (such as duplicate), may be difficult if screen blanks though!

Nick

no1birdman

tried all of them projector etc, well son has ,he connects everything to anything at home and he cannot get it to work, no pc setting on tele, am going to try it on another tele but my xbox and camera connects ok to it, messed about and comp showing tele is on as pic of tele and make showing they are bridged together but no picture or anything on tele, computer pic came on after pressing f2 when connected to hmi lead and tele as before that, both screens went blank

no1birdman

gave up on that, now can i connect my xbox 360 to streem the movies, how do i connect laptop to that please

Duggy747

Try Tversity

I used that on with an old laptop to the Xbox for streaming channels, movies and sports with little to no problems.

Fairly straight forward to set up, as well.

runawaybishop

no1birdman wrote: »

tried all of them projector etc, well son has ,he connects everything to anything at home and he cannot get it to work, no pc setting on tele, am going to try it on another tele but my xbox and camera connects ok to it, messed about and comp showing tele is on as pic of tele and make showing they are bridged together but no picture or anything on tele, computer pic came on after pressing f2 when connected to hmi lead and tele as before that, both screens went blank

When you connect your hdmi cable to your TV make sure the laptop is not turned on, otherwise it might not recognise the external display properly. Once its all connected then power on your laptop.