VGA to HDMI tv/laptop connection

NedNoodles

Hi guys

My laptop only has a VGA connection and I want to be able to connect to my TV for watching Netflix and whatnot.

I believe I can get an adaptor for my TV that will be HDMI to VGA and then I just plug a VGA cable into this adaptor. I'm not sure about this though, will the sound play through my TV or Laptop as I thought VGA connections don't carry sound? Will the picture be true HD or just a bit better than SD?

Thanks in advance, I'm a bit dense about this kind of thing and couldn't really be arsed doing loads of research and end up buying the wrong equipment.

Sir Osis of Liver.

I bought one of these last year. http://www.ebay.ie/itm/1080P-PC-VGA-to-HDMI-3-5mm-Audio-HD-Video-Converter-Adapter-HDTV-DVD-PS3-Xbox-/330981695579?pt=UK_Computing_Sound_Vision_Video_Cables_Adapters&hash=item4d100be05b

Works ok.Picture quality is excellent but the box itself seems poor quality.Im surprised its lasted so long tbh.

degsie

A cable converter will only give you video. If your TV has a vga input that you could just go vga to vga and connect your audio-out to tv audio-in. Then you will have audio+video when you select 'PC' input on your TV.

Ankhyu

Hope it's okay to drag this thread up again, but I have a similar question. I've an old laptop with no HDMI connection so I'm just going to connect VGA to VGA, but on the audio side of things, my TV doesn't have the standard red and white audio connections, but one black "SPDIF/Coax" connection. Is there any way of connecting this to the headphone jack in my laptop?