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Let's say that in an imaginary world someone downloaded a movie, say Due Date for example, and wanted to link it from the lappy to watch on telly .... is this possible?

 

I'm f***ed if I've figured out how to burn one of these b******s toDVD!!!

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Let's say that in an imaginary world someone downloaded a movie, say Due Date for example, and wanted to link it from the lappy to watch on telly .... is this possible?

 

I'm f***ed if I've figured out how to burn one of these b******s toDVD!!!

 

 

Yep, do it all the time for the matches as can't have sky in our building for whatever reason so hook up skyplayer to my TV with an hdmi cable.

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Nathan Explosion

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Eh? Hook up lappy with TV? Skyplayer ... wtf?

 

The answer to you question is as simple as 'yes - it is possible'

 

A more informative answer to your question relies on you telling us all a bit more about your laptop and your TV - what ports do they both have? If they both have VGA only, then get a VGA cable. If they both have HDMI, then get a HDMI cable. Rocket surgery, it definitely isn't.

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Bootser

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The answer to you questin is as simple as 'yes - it is possible'

 

The full answer to you question relies on you telling us all a bit more about your laptop and your TV - what ports do they both have? If they both have VGA only, then get a VGA cable. If they both have HDMI, then get a HDMI cable. Rocket surgery, it definitely isn't.

 

Rocket surgery it f***ing well is!!! :lol: I'm younger than Murph .... but likely only just!

 

The lappy is a HPG61 and has loads of holes for bits and bobs - 3 USB's ports (?) and 3 other c**** that do other things. f*** knows whats on the back of the telly - it's a Samsung beast and has loads of holes too.

 

Pretend I'm an idiot and speak to me a la dunce.

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Pretend I'm an idiot and speak to me a la dunce.

 

Locate the manuals for both of the items and read them - they'll tell you what ports you have. Look for stuff like 'VGA' or 'HDMI' and then buy a cable that matches up.

 

To help you along...HP G61 has 1 VGA and 1 HDMI port. I am unable to locate a 'Samsung Beast' on google (or at least I didn't search for it, for fear of what may be found)

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John am Rhein

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Rocket surgery it f***ing well is!!! :lol: I'm younger than Murph .... but likely only just!

 

The lappy is a HPG61 and has loads of holes for bits and bobs - 3 USB's ports (?) and 3 other c**** that do other things. f*** knows whats on the back of the telly - it's a Samsung beast and has loads of holes too.

 

Pretend I'm an idiot and speak to me a la dunce.

 

I've got a Samsung TV and the TV itself has actually got a USB port (on the side). So what I do is copy the file onto a USB stick, plug it into the TV and play it.

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Locate the manuals for both of the items and read them - they'll tell you what ports you have. Look for stuff like 'VGA' or 'HDMI' and then buy a cable that matches up.

 

Righty ho. Cheers.

 

Do you work in Currys? ;)

 

Have to rise and shine and get the Carnmoney Colts U12's up and at 'em!

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ChrisC

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Eh? Hook up lappy with TV? Skyplayer ... wtf?

 

I have a mac so not sure about the ports on your laptop but yes you can do it and it works like a charm :)

 

Mine has a mini-dvi port so I needed a mini-dvi to hdmi cable and then a standard hdmi cable to connect to the telly.

 

You may need an additional cable for sound if you can't get that through the hdmi.

 

Have a look on amazon you could probably pick the lot up for under a tenner.

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Rocket surgery it f***ing well is!!! :lol: I'm younger than Murph .... but likely only just!

 

The lappy is a HPG61 and has loads of holes for bits and bobs - 3 USB's ports (?) and 3 other c**** that do other things. f*** knows whats on the back of the telly - it's a Samsung beast and has loads of holes too.

 

Pretend I'm an idiot and speak to me a la dunce.

 

If the HP is less than a couple of years old, I suspect it'll have HDMI. Same for tv. I have an HP laptop put through a Samsung telly without any problems.

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we now use my wife's Zune HD to watch downloaded movies/shows. I bought her an audio dock that has an HDMI connector and it works perfectly. It also has HD radio which sounds great through the Vizio TV.

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002L16KS2

 

we can use the HP G72 lap top, but the zune thing is smaller and much easier to use.

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I'll never wait to burn a DVD again, my WD box plays anything you throw at it.

 

plug it into a telly and play from a library of 2Tb. I'm taking it on holiday.

 

Never seen one of those before, is that like the WD Live with a hard drive and without all the networking?

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