Thread: How to Connect Laptop to LCD TV

A question to all knowledge guru's ...

Can i connect my Laptop to the newly bought Toshiba Regza 42" LCD TV ?
The TV has an option (in Menu mode) but i dont know how to go about...

You can connect by any one of the following means:

1. HDMI-2-HDMI or DVI-2-HDMI cable (best) - your laptop must have an HDMI/DVI port.
2. Analog Video - the TV must have an 15-pin blue PC input connection
3. S-Video or Composite AV

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Thanks for the info guys... I'm also figuring it out on how to connect it...

Originally Posted by just4kix

You can connect by any one of the following means:

1. HDMI-2-HDMI or DVI-2-HDMI cable (best) - your laptop must have an HDMI/DVI port.
2. Analog Video - the TV must have an 15-pin blue PC input connection
3. S-Video or Composite AV

Which ones of these include the sound too ???

All of the above (HDMI, DVI, S-Video, Analog Video) do not carry sound. These are meant for video only.

For Audio, you can connect as follows:

a) If you have proper Sound Card like Creative Sound Blaster or equivalent, connect the optical out to a Dolby Digital or DTS receiver to get full 5.1/7.1 surround sound.
b) If your PC just has a headphone jack, then get a headphone to stereo RCA cable as shown below and connect it to AV in of the the TV.

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