How do I connect my Sony Bravia TV to my Toshiba laptop?
How do I connect my Sony Bravia XBR TV to my Toshiba laptop? What cable do I need? Will a "Monster Cable Fiber Optic 400 DFO" or a "Monster Cable 800 HD HDMI" cables work? What do I connect to what?
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It depends. Radio Shack should have a wire to connect your laptop to your TV. It comes with instructions, to plug it in to your TV.
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It depends on the laptop. Does it have an HDMI output? Does it have a DVI output? Does it have a VGA output? Those are the 3 HD output types that a computer might have. HDMI is the rarest one right now, but it does exist on some computers. If your laptop has HDMI, then just use that. All you need is a simple, cheap, HDMI cable from amazon.com, monoprice.com, bluejeanscable.com, or any local computer store. It will carry both the video and audio over the same cable for you. Don't waste money on an expensive Monster brand one. If your laptop has VGA, then see if the Sony has VGA (many do). You can then just use a VGA cable for the video. If the Sony only has HDMI and the laptop is VGA, then you might need to invest in a VGA to HDMI converter box. For more information on that see here, http://sewelldirect.com/articles/vga-to-hdmi.aspx If your laptop has DVI, then you can use a DVI to HDMI adapter with an HDMI cable, or you can use a DVI to HDMI cable (same difference). These can be found online or in most computer/TV stores. They are fairly common now. Both the VGA and DVI cables are video only though. So you will still need to deal with the audio on its own. If you use the VGA converter box, get one of them which also accepts audio, then you can feed the laptop audio into it and the box will feed both video and audio to the TV. If you use VGA or DVI-HDMI, look at the TV and see what type of audio input it associates with the video connection you are using. VGA will often have PC audio input (looks like headphone jack). DVI-HDMI (and sometimes VGA) will usually have RCA Stereo (red/white). But quite often only 1 HDMI port has that, so you have to look around at all your HDMI ports and see which one has that association (if that's the video type you're going to use). If the TV has a PC audio input then you want a Stereo Mini cable (3.5mm cable/auxiliary cable - think iPod to car stereo). You plug one end into the laptop headphone jack and the other into your computer. Here is an example, http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Mini-Stereo-Cable-for-iPhone/dp/B000T4LFCO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1256574663&sr=1-2 If the TV has a RCA stereo input then you want a Stereo Mini to RCA cable. You still plug the Stereo Mini end into the headphone jack on the laptop. But now you plug the RCA ends into the TV (because that's what they have). Here is an example, http://www.amazon.com/Dayton-3-5RCA-12-3-5mm-Stereo-Cable/dp/B000F7P7EW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1256574711&sr=1-3
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