Tech HELP

[StoneTheCrow]

Anyone out there know what to buy and software etc. to connect a laptop to an HDMI system with a big screen TV? It's a Toshiba smart TV. It has no HDMI out on the TV. A smaller looking plug.

 

[Weird Harold]

Anyone out there know what to buy and software etc. to connect a laptop to an HDMI system with a big screen TV? It's a Toshiba smart TV. It has no HDMI out on the TV. A smaller looking plug.

A plug like this?

http://www.mycomputerclub.com/images/ethernet-port.jpg
http://www.mycomputerclub.com/images/ethernet-port.jpg

 

[StoneTheCrow]

No, the TV says "Fixed Audio", it's a small jack type. Not much larger than a headphone jack male

 

[Weird Harold]

No, the TV says "Fixed Audio", it's a small jack type. Not much larger than a headphone jack male

That would be an external speaker connection.

Just exactly what are you trying to do?

A model number for the TV would be useful, too.

ETA: A toshiba smart-TV chosen at random has LAN (then connector above), USB, PC (probably VGA but might be DVI) and multiple HDMI ports. It is also listed as WiFi ready and Windows 7 approved.

 

[phrodeau]

Anyone out there know what to buy and software etc. to connect a laptop to an HDMI system with a big screen TV? It's a Toshiba smart TV. It has no HDMI out on the TV. A smaller looking plug.

A TV will have HDMI inputs only, not outputs. The laptop outputs video to the TV.

The fixed audio jack is a line-level signal to go to an amplifier for sound independent of the TV speakers. It's called "fixed" because it isn't affected by the TV speaker volume control.

There are over a dozen different plug designs used for video output in laptops. Besides the ones pictured here, there are several more that Apple has come up with specifically for their Mac series laptops.

http://www.diyaudioandvideo.com/TV/WireConversion/VideoConnectors.png

 

[CandiCame]

A TV will have HDMI inputs only, not outputs. The laptop outputs video to the TV.

The fixed audio jack is a line-level signal to go to an amplifier for sound independent of the TV speakers. It's called "fixed" because it isn't affected by the TV speaker volume control.

There are over a dozen different plug designs used for video output in laptops. Besides the ones pictured here, there are several more that Apple has come up with specifically for their Mac series laptops.

http://www.diyaudioandvideo.com/TV/WireConversion/VideoConnectors.png

I was gonna say that. You might have an older TV that only has component types, and if you do, you're gonna need a converter and your quality's gonna suffer.

 

[phrodeau]

I was gonna say that. You might have an older TV that only has component types, and if you do, you're gonna need a converter and your quality's gonna suffer.

If it's a smart TV it's not too old.

TV's made before the 1990's usually only had an RF cable connector for antenna or cable TV service. You needed a converter to RF for even a basic composite video signal.

Picture quality is in the eye of the beholder. A composite signal converted to RF is still pretty decent.

 

[eyer]

Too much noise...

...not enough signal.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

If it's a smart TV it's not too old.

TV's made before the 1990's usually only had an RF cable connector for antenna or cable TV service. You needed a converter to RF for even a basic composite video signal.

Picture quality is in the eye of the beholder. A composite signal converted to RF is still pretty decent.

I know someone who did that with an old late 70s/early 80s color TV with an antenna to cable converter. Then with another converter from that cable converter. The TV is an old mechanical dial/combo with a hand direct fine tuner. Actually, the picture and sound quality is pretty damn good on that one. Their kids play games on it all the time.