Re: FN-FORUM: Powerpoint Presentation on TV screen

date posted 3rd August 2007 10:46

Too right, i've a chilled Peroni in the fridge and i swear it keeps
winking at me....

On 3 Aug 2007, at 11:08, Neil Hook wrote:

>
> Yup it's nearly lunch time on a Friday, which means cracking open a
> beer!
>
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> On 3/8/07 10:29, "space&time" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>>
>> 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]
>> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of
>>>> [EMAIL REMOVED]
>>>> Sent: 03 August 2007 10:03
>>>> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
>>>> Subject: FN-FORUM: Powerpoint Presentation on TV screen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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