Laptop to HDTV

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I want to connect my Dell Inspiron laptop to my Pioneer HDTV to show pictures & to play BBC iPlayer content. The Dell has VGA, DVI & S-video outputs & the TV has USB, VGA, HDMI & component inputs. Do I simply use a VGA to VGA cable or can I get a better picture using another mix of inputs/outputs & cables?

Thanks very much for any help posted.

 

[John Duncan]

DVI to HDMI would strike me as the easiest, they're compatible with the appropriate cable or adapter.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for that. Will this give better resolution than VGA to VGA?

 

[John Duncan]

Well in theory the digital signal should be better (DVI to HDMI), but in practice you may find there's not much in it, and you probably have a VGA cable lying around anyway - if you have either cable (though a DVI to HDMI convertor probably isn't in your bag, admittedly), I'd try both and see which is better.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron and the way I see BBC/iplayer on my Tv is HDMI from dell to tv and for sound a 35mm jack/phono lead connected from headphone output on the dell to the phono on the tv.Select the output on your tv and press the FUNCTION key/ F8 on your dell. Hope that makes sense.