There are many ways to connect your laptop to your TV by using different types of cables. If your are using new laptop and TV then the process will be more easier and you will get the better audio and video quality.
Connect you laptop to tv using WD TV Live:
WD TV Live is a media streamer. Now you plug it into the HDMI port of your TV and connect it to your home network through its wifi or Ethernet port. This device allows you to play nearly all file like MP4, MKV, AVI, XVID, MOV and ISO/VOB.
First you must to connect WD TV Live to your network and TV and just share your laptop video folder on network. Now WD TV Live will take care of the rest.
WD TV Liveturns your tv in to semi smart tv as it provides you access to lots of TV apps, Netflix, vimeo and youtube.
Connect WD TV Live set top box to your home network through wifi or Ethernet.
Nail up the WD TV Live to your TV using HDMI Cable.
Share the video folders that you like to watch on your TV – to your home network.
Choose the HDMI channel that you have plugged in your WD TV Live.
Utilize the WD file explorer to trace your shared video folder.
How to connect your laptop to a TV using HDMI cable.
Using HDMI cable is the best and easiest way to connect laptop and TV. The cables are inexpensive also delivers the best quality HD picture and sound. HDMI can handle both audio and video.
Connect your laptop to your TV with the help of HDMI cable, Just plug the cable in to your laptop and your HDMI port on your TV. If your window is updated to latest version, then you just switch on your laptop and your TV is set to the correct HDMI channel, now the laptop must automatically configure to give you the finest settings from here.
If it is not automatically selectd right setting, you just click on ‘control panel’ -> ‘display’ -> adjust resolution. Here you will find 2 drop down boxes. Now first you must toggle the display drop down to confirm that your TV is selected, secondly, confirm that resolution drop down boxe matches the settings that are correct for your TV.
- Turn on your TV and laptop.
- Connect HDMI cable to both laptop and TV.
- Choose the right HDMI input on your TV.
- If laptop does not automatically output its screen to the TV, Just go to Control Panel > Display > Adjust Resolution and choose the TV in the Display drop down box.