Re: FN-FORUM: Powerpoint Presentation on TV screen

date posted 3rd August 2007 10:03

Now that's the kinda Friday forum reply i like...

Someone asks a genuine question requiring help and hopes that a
helpful response shall find itself to him, which it does,
instead of the usual nasty reply of "Heh can you believe this guy
works for Sharp Technologies yet can't figure out how to connect a
laptop to a tv??

Well done Forum people, the snipers much really appreciate that it is
almost the wkend and to take it easy for once on those less in the
know......for which on the grand scale of things in this world is no
real crime.

Simon


On 3 Aug 2007, at 10:15, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
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>> Good morning,
>>
>> Is is possible to connect a laptop to a TV and use it as a monitor
>> for
>> displaying a power point presentation?
>
> Yes it is possible, but it's partly dependant on your laptop setup
> as to how
> you can do it. If your laptop has an S-Video out socket (like a
> small DIN
> plug with about five pins in it) then you can get an S-Video to
> 'video'
> adapter cable, I put 'video' in quotes because there's probably a
> proper
> name for it, but it's basically like a single phono lead that you
> find in
> the back of Hi-Fi's. This is dependant on your TV having a video-
> in socket,
> which not all do, but you may have just a SCART input instead, in
> which case
> you can get a video>SCART adapter as well and use that:
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hama-SVHS-Phono-SCART-Switchable/dp/B00006JA46
>
> In fact that one I just found has sockets for both S-Video and 'video'
> leads.
>
> If however your laptop doesn't have a video-out socket (either
> phono or
> S-Video style) then you could try something like this:
>
> http://www.keyzone.com/converters/grand-hv.htm
>
> - and just use the normal monitor output from the laptop (I'm
> pretty sure
> all laptops have these).
>
> HTH,
> Phil
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