How To Connect Your Computer To Tv With HDMI Port

Appending your PC to the HDMI port on your top quality TV enables you to see your PC’s on an a lot bigger, more honed screen. You can likewise use your PC’s broadband Internet connection to watch spilling films and TV shows on your extra large screen.

Connecting a laptop to a TV via a HDMI cable is the best and easiest way, as cables are cheap and provide the best quality HD picture and sound. It only requires one lead too, as HDMI handles both video and audio.

So now, you are going to see simple steps you can take to hook your laptop to your TV with this quick guide, using HDMI wire.

Steps

Step 1:

You can find the HDMI cable behind the CPU if you have a desktop computer, or on the side of a keyboard on a laptop. Choose the connection for video output. If your computer has an HDMI port, you can simply connect an HDMI cable of the correct length between the computer and the TV. But not all computers have an HDMI port. Some older computer may use a VGA or DVI cable. You can connect these to the HDMI port of a TV using an adapter and a separate audio cable. If you are using a laptop that does not have an HDMI or other video-out port, you can purchase a USB-to-HDMI adapter. That means you may need to install additional software on your PC.

Step 2:

Ensure your laptop is switched on, then find a free HDMI port on your TV and connect the other end of the cable to it. If your laptop does not automatically output its screen to the TV, go to Control Panel > Display > Adjust Resolution and select the TV in the Display drop down box. Adjust the resolution as needed so it looks good on your TV . For example you are using HDTV select 1920 x 1080 in the “Resolution” drop-down box.