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We’ve looked at getting the internet on your TV in a previous blog post, but what if you want to watch films downloaded to your laptop on your TV, play games on a really big screen or show off your holiday snaps in style?  Today we’ll look at connecting your computer to your TV.

Step 1: Check your connections

There are several different ways to connect your computer to your TV, depending on what kind of sockets there are on your laptop/desktop and TV.  There will be quite a lot of variation depending on the age and model of your computer and your TV.  I’ve listed the possible ways of connecting in order of increasing image quality.

Composite/RCA
This is the most old-fashioned kind of connection, found as standard on older TVs and computers.  There are three plugs and sockets: white for the left stereo audio, red for the right stereo audio and yellow for composite video.  This kind of cable can be found very cheaply.
SEPARATE AUDIO CONNECTION NECESSARY

Composite socket                                      composite cable

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We’ve been talking about saving money and budget buys recently so we had to share the ultimate triple-use product. Save even more money by buying one product that works as three - like this HDTV which houses a Blu-ray player and a PC!

Named Allio, it has just launched in the US and comes in 32 and 42 inch models. The PC doesn’t have a bad spec at all - Intel Core Duo E8400 processor, 1TB hard drive and 4GB of RAM. It also comes with Windows Vista Home Premium and there are plenty of USB ports and wired / wireless network options.

The HDTV isn’t terrible either. It’s a 1080p panel with 2,000:1 contrast ratio, 400 cd/m2 brightness and twin 12-watt speakers. You can even watch your Blu-ray content as Picture-in-Picture or split-screen.

It’s not available in the UK yet but we’ll keep you posted. In the US, the current prices are:

32″ - £950

42″ - £1800

Low-cost versions are also on the way - even better!

More info here