Watching the output from laptop on a TV set.

Hi,

Sorry if this is a but OT for the group but I wasn't sure where else
to post.

A friend of mine has a Sony Vaio laptop and at home has a Sony 42"
plasma tv.

He want's to be able to watch the output of the laptop on he's TV,
i.e. BBC i player but the laptop is in a diffrent room to the TV.

Is there a device that can be used to achive this wirelessley ?

Thanks for any suggestions you can make.

Ron.

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:50:12 -0800 (PST), Ron Dare
wrote:

Hi,

Sorry if this is a but OT for the group but I wasn't sure where else
to post.

A friend of mine has a Sony Vaio laptop and at home has a Sony 42"
plasma tv.

He want's to be able to watch the output of the laptop on he's TV,
i.e. BBC i player but the laptop is in a diffrent room to the TV.

Is there a device that can be used to achive this wirelessley ?

Thanks for any suggestions you can make.

I'll stick my neck out and ask the obvious question. Is there some
reason that the laptop can't be moved into the room with the TV?

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

"Peter Duncanson" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:50:12 -0800 (PST), Ron Dare
wrote:

Hi,

Sorry if this is a but OT for the group but I wasn't sure where else
to post.

A friend of mine has a Sony Vaio laptop and at home has a Sony 42"
plasma tv.

He want's to be able to watch the output of the laptop on he's TV,
i.e. BBC i player but the laptop is in a diffrent room to the TV.

Is there a device that can be used to achive this wirelessley ?

Thanks for any suggestions you can make.

I'll stick my neck out and ask the obvious question. Is there some
reason that the laptop can't be moved into the room with the TV?

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

I'll stick my neck out a little more.....
He says "archive".... you can't archive to a TV....
Jim

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:10:35 -0000, "James Hession"
wrote:


"Peter Duncanson" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:50:12 -0800 (PST), Ron Dare
wrote:

Hi,

Sorry if this is a but OT for the group but I wasn't sure where else
to post.

A friend of mine has a Sony Vaio laptop and at home has a Sony 42"
plasma tv.

He want's to be able to watch the output of the laptop on he's TV,
i.e. BBC i player but the laptop is in a diffrent room to the TV.

Is there a device that can be used to achive this wirelessley ?

Thanks for any suggestions you can make.

I'll stick my neck out and ask the obvious question. Is there some
reason that the laptop can't be moved into the room with the TV?

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

I'll stick my neck out a little more.....
He says "archive".... you can't archive to a TV....
Jim

He says "to achive this" which I think is a misspelling of "to achieve
this".

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

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James Hession wrote:

"Peter Duncanson" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:50:12 -0800 (PST), Ron Dare
wrote:

Hi,

Sorry if this is a but OT for the group but I wasn't sure where else
to post.

A friend of mine has a Sony Vaio laptop and at home has a Sony 42"
plasma tv.

He want's to be able to watch the output of the laptop on he's TV,
i.e. BBC i player but the laptop is in a diffrent room to the TV.

Is there a device that can be used to achive this wirelessley ?

Thanks for any suggestions you can make.

I'll stick my neck out and ask the obvious question. Is there some
reason that the laptop can't be moved into the room with the TV?

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

I'll stick my neck out a little more.....
He says "archive".... you can't archive to a TV....
Jim

he actually says "achive" which I read as "achieve".

Could the internet connection be in a different room from the TV?

I can suggest a 2 stage process. use a VGA TV adaptor ( I bought one
off ebay for around £25 to feed a mixer and then a projector) and follow
this with a TV sender. As long as the walls aren't too solid this should
work.

--
From KT24

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:27:12 +0000 (GMT), charles
wrote:

In article ,
James Hession wrote:

"Peter Duncanson" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:50:12 -0800 (PST), Ron Dare
wrote:

Hi,

Sorry if this is a but OT for the group but I wasn't sure where else
to post.

A friend of mine has a Sony Vaio laptop and at home has a Sony 42"
plasma tv.

He want's to be able to watch the output of the laptop on he's TV,
i.e. BBC i player but the laptop is in a diffrent room to the TV.

Is there a device that can be used to achive this wirelessley ?

Thanks for any suggestions you can make.

I'll stick my neck out and ask the obvious question. Is there some
reason that the laptop can't be moved into the room with the TV?

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

I'll stick my neck out a little more.....
He says "archive".... you can't archive to a TV....
Jim

he actually says "achive" which I read as "achieve".

Could the internet connection be in a different room from the TV?

I that is the case then it might be possible to download the programme
to the laptop, move the laptop to the other room and watch it there.

I can suggest a 2 stage process. use a VGA TV adaptor ( I bought one
off ebay for around £25 to feed a mixer and then a projector) and follow
this with a TV sender. As long as the walls aren't too solid this should
work.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

"Ron Dare" wrote in message
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Hi,

Sorry if this is a but OT for the group but I wasn't sure where else
to post.

A friend of mine has a Sony Vaio laptop and at home has a Sony 42"
plasma tv.

He want's to be able to watch the output of the laptop on he's TV,
i.e. BBC i player but the laptop is in a diffrent room to the TV.

Is there a device that can be used to achive this wirelessley ?

Thanks for any suggestions you can make.

Much easier to set up a wireless connection for the laptop (it probably
already has wireless capability) and plug the laptop directly into the TV.

This is assuming that the TV has a VGA connector - no model number was
given.
Depending on the age of the laptop and the age of the TV they both may have
HDMI connections, in which case the best quality is likely to come from
using these.

Ron Dare wrote:
Hi,

Sorry if this is a but OT for the group but I wasn't sure where else
to post.

A friend of mine has a Sony Vaio laptop and at home has a Sony 42"
plasma tv.

He want's to be able to watch the output of the laptop on he's TV,
i.e. BBC i player but the laptop is in a diffrent room to the TV.

Is there a device that can be used to achive this wirelessley ?

Thanks for any suggestions you can make.

Ron.

You can move laptops...

What connections does the TV have???

HDMI?
DVI?
VGA?
SCART (RGB, Y/C, CV)?
Composite video?
RF (aerial)?

What outputs does the laptop have?

VGA?


If the TV has a VGA input (15 pin HD) then this is your best bet...


Guy

"Ron Dare" wrote in message
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Hi,

Sorry if this is a but OT for the group but I wasn't sure where else
to post.

A friend of mine has a Sony Vaio laptop and at home has a Sony 42"
plasma tv.

He want's to be able to watch the output of the laptop on he's TV,
i.e. BBC i player but the laptop is in a diffrent room to the TV.

Is there a device that can be used to achive this wirelessley ?

Thanks for any suggestions you can make.

Ron.

Direct your friend to this newsgroup, then it can be explained to
him directly. It will save getting you confused and having to run
backwards and forwards asking him questions every five minutes.
It will be easier to ask for a few bits of info from his PC and TV,
then to tell him which product to buy. What he wants can be done
fairly easily depending on the info he supplies - possibly at very
little cost, if any.
I do exactly what you say your friend wants to and it works well.
My PC is in a different room to the TV.

"Ron Dare" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Sorry if this is a but OT for the group but I wasn't sure where else
to post.

A friend of mine has a Sony Vaio laptop and at home has a Sony 42"
plasma tv.

He want's to be able to watch the output of the laptop on he's TV,
i.e. BBC i player but the laptop is in a diffrent room to the TV.

Is there a device that can be used to achive this wirelessley ?

Thanks for any suggestions you can make.

Ron.


Hi,


Many even half recent laptops have an S-Video out port - this can directly
easily be connected to an S-Video, Composite In or SCART socket (as found)
on most all TVs.

Hope that helps.

By the way - look for a round small (almost always on half recent onward PCs
/ laptops) yellow connector (like the PS/2 ones for mouse and keyboard
[themselves often purple and green]).


Best wishes,




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