Need help - hooking laptop to TV to play movies

by **wicked** on Sat May 12, 2007 9:33 pm

OK I gots the cables to connect laptop to TV to play movies, but how do I get my laptop to know it's hooked to the TV? I'm using an SGA connection.

I have a "presentation" manager, but it says nothing is connected.

Thanks!

by **AK_iceman** on Sat May 12, 2007 10:13 pm

If you help her, she'll feed you a cookie. :wink:

by **freezie** on Sat May 12, 2007 10:14 pm

AK_iceman wrote:If you help her, she'll feed you a cookie.

2 cookies. Not less.

by **willis** on Sat May 12, 2007 10:15 pm

AK_iceman wrote:If you help her, she'll feed you a cookie.

What kind of cookie?

by **hecter** on Sat May 12, 2007 10:15 pm

AK_iceman wrote:If you help her, she'll feed you a cookie.

I just don't want to get banned…

by **AK_iceman** on Sat May 12, 2007 10:19 pm

If anymore of you Spamalot goons show up and post something thats less than helpful, I'll delete your thread.

by **freezie** on Sat May 12, 2007 10:20 pm

Count me as a member!

And I post....this----->

by **wicked** on Sat May 12, 2007 10:21 pm

*wicked gets out band stick* :evil:

by **hecter** on Sat May 12, 2007 10:23 pm

Well, as far as I can tell, it should work pretty much the same as hooking a projector up to it. If it doesn't, you might want to look around on your "My Computer" to see if there is anything different there, like hooking up a printer or plugging in a memory stick. Sorry, but if those don't work, I don't know what's wrong.

by **AK_iceman** on Sat May 12, 2007 10:26 pm

hecter wrote:Well, as far as I can tell, it should work pretty much the same as hooking a projector up to it. If it doesn't, you might want to look around on your "My Computer" to see if there is anything different there, like hooking up a printer or plugging in a memory stick. Sorry, but if those don't work, I don't know what's wrong.

Dang, I saw hecter as the last poster and I got really excited for a second.... only to see he's actually trying to be helpful.

by **wicked** on Sat May 12, 2007 10:41 pm

well, not really, but thanks for trying.

by **Aimless** on Sat May 12, 2007 10:59 pm

wicked, what operating system are you using?

If it's windows, the following should work: Right Click anywhere on your Desktop, select Properties, click on the Settings tab, click the "Advanced" button at the bottom of the window, and depending on your display adapter it should bring up a new window with monitor properties and other options. Play around with that.

by **wicked** on Sat May 12, 2007 11:07 pm

Thank you Aim.

You rock!!

by **Aimless** on Sat May 12, 2007 11:13 pm

Welcome.

Did it work?

by **wicked** on Sat May 12, 2007 11:19 pm

have to finish up my RT first before trying.... but I did get to the screen with all the options.

by **wicked** on Sun May 13, 2007 12:06 am

WORKS!! THANKS!! !

by **AAFitz** on Sun May 13, 2007 12:36 am

Thanks for doing the leg work on that wicked

My nineteen inch monitor is great, but it never occured to me to use carries laptop and projector....

i think Ill set that up. A 6ft world 2.0 map should be fun.

If it works on the TV even better...though, im not sure it will if its real computer stuff and not just a movie

by **DirtyDishSoap** on Sun May 13, 2007 12:56 am

talk about overkill AA :lol:

by **wicked** on Sun May 13, 2007 1:45 am

LMAO!!! works well for watching movies. I'll leave the CC testing up to you! And you can set it up to view whatever's on your computer screen, just like a regular projector would for a ppt presentation.

by **demigod** on Sun May 13, 2007 2:14 am

AK_iceman wrote:If you help her, she'll feed you a cookie.

heard this sledge once...

Glen MacGrath (bowling to 'portly' Zimbabwean Eddo Brandes): "hey, Eddo, why are you so f***ing fat?"

Eddo: "Because everytime I f*** your wife she throws me a cookie"

Need help - hooking laptop to TV to play movies

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