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How to connect a computer to a TV

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 by Kat

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

RCA socket Composite RCA cable
Composite socket                                      composite cable

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