Connect your laptop to the TV screen

The advantage of a laptop is compact and portable. However, its disadvantage is the small screen size, and it is often difficult to share content for many people. The article will guide you to connect your laptop to the TV screen to use the larger screen.

Have you ever wanted to share certain photos, videos or content on or with your friends and family? The problem is quite complicated is how everyone in the house can see them while the size of the laptop screen is usually very small. The most common solution is to use the projector, however, families owning the projector are probably not many. The simpler way is to connect the laptop to a larger-sized TV screen so that all family members can easily follow it. The following article will show you how to connect your laptop and TV screen.

There are many different ways to connect laptops and TVs, but before you get started, you need to know what connection standards your laptop and TV have. Common connectivity standards today that laptops and TVs usually have are: HDMI, DVI, VGA, S-Video and Composite / RCA. The image below will show you the form of their connection so that it is easy to see which connection your laptop and TV support.

Current connection standards

1. 'High Definition Multimedia Interface' or HDMI is the best quality connection standard today. All HD-enabled TVs have this connection standard. If your laptop supports this connection standard, the connection becomes very simple, on the contrary, you can buy connected format transfer devices at computer stores to connect laptops and TVs. via HDMI.

2. DVI (Digital Video Interface) is also the connection standard that laptops today often have. HD standard TVs also often have this type of connection. However, this type of connection does not support audio connectivity, so to hear the laptop sound on the TV, you need to have an audio connection cable. It is best to use the cable from the amplifier to make the sound out loud speaker outside.

3. VGA (Video Graphics Array) is a common type of video connection on every laptop. TVs that support HD also often have this type of connection, and you simply connect the cable from your laptop to your TV. However, older TVs often do not have this type of connection and will require device conversion to convert. Just like connecting via DVI port, this connection method also requires a separate audio cable.

4. S-Video or Super Video is the most popular way of connecting today. Most laptops and TVs often have this type of connection. This is not the best way to connect, but it is not the poorest quality. As above, you must use a separate audio cable if you want to use audio from your laptop.

5. RCA connection cable is a cable that connects with 3 yellow, red and white wires. This is the most common connection cable today, you often use them to connect TVs to CD / DVD players. The red wire is used to connect the right speaker, the white one connects the left speaker and the gold wire is used to connect the video signal. However, this is the form of connection for the lowest image quality in the form of connecting laptops and TVs. If your laptop does not support RCA connection, you can use RCA to S-Video converter.

Connecting laptops and TVs is quite simple. You just need to check what kind of connection the TV and laptop support in these 5 forms. If in the absence of any of the above, you can purchase connected format conversion devices at computer stores. After you have connected your laptop and TV, you should now switch to video mode on the TV (usually AV1 or AV2). This is similar to when you connect to a DVD player.

In case the picture on the TV is not clear or 'distorted' or the picture quality is not good, try changing the resolution on the laptop. Because the resolution of laptop and TV screens is often not the same. New-generation HDTVs often have a mode that allows you to change the resolution of the TV, try changing the resolution of the TV and laptop so that they overlap. Older TVs usually have only one resolution, in this case, change the resolution of the laptop until the image is of the best quality.

The above are preliminary notes and instructions for connecting a laptop to your TV screen. Hopefully, you can easily share photos and content with family, friends, or even watch movies on larger TV screens than laptop screens.