playing a laptop though t.v

[montyzoomer]

hi
i have a dell inspiron 1300 laptop,about 6 years old ,still works well,the laptop has a vga (blue socket) port ,is it possible to watch a film that i am down loading from the internet and watch it on the t.v screen as aposed to whatching it on the laptop,if so what cable do i need to conect the laptop to a nealy new samsung 32 inch t.v

[ChuckFickens]

does the TV have a matching VGA socket?

If so you just need a standard vga monitor lead (and the correct lead for the audio too)

[hc4361]

http://www.videojug.c...op-to-your-television

[dave m]

use you s video socket,you get video on tv but no sound,also you will need 2 go to control panel,open display icon,goto settings,then right click on the smaller tv icon and attach,this will exstend you desktop onto tv,then open film minimize film then drag player from monitor onto tv,my tv uses scrart channel S3,s video leads r cheap but take care when connecting as plug pins r delicate,this works fine for me as i use pc speakers for sound,i find VGA leads bit chunky and s video leads r easy to hide,yor choice really