06-11-2014, 06:05 PM | #1 |
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VGA to HDMI?
So my new gay laptop has a VGA slot but no HDMI. My tv is the opposite. I used to just connect my laptop to my tv via hdmi wire to watch football and stuff but because I'm a big idiot I didn't check to see if the new laptop had hdmi slot. Did a bit of reading and it seems it's a bit of a pain/expensive to connect them and that a lot of the wires don't work.
What do I do? |
06-11-2014, 06:06 PM | #2 |
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Seems really dumb that not every single electrical thing in the world doesn't connect to every other electrical thing. It's 2014.
Hate technology so much |
06-11-2014, 08:57 PM | #3 |
Fire up Chips!
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06-11-2014, 09:46 PM | #5 |
Fire up Chips!
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VGA needs a converter to run it to hdmi
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06-12-2014, 05:56 AM | #6 |
In His hands...
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Can't remember if you are over the pond or not....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neewer-Black...+vga+converter USA#1 version http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-...+to+hdmi+cable As Shisen said, it requires the converter you see on both of those items. With those cables, it should be plug and play. |
06-12-2014, 06:40 AM | #7 |
Unnecessarily awesome
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Only problem with using the converter is you're not going to be able to transmit sound.
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06-12-2014, 12:38 PM | #8 |
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God damn it. I should probably just return my laptop and get a better one
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06-12-2014, 04:37 PM | #9 |
In His hands...
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Yes, you should. One with a HDMI port.
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06-15-2014, 02:00 PM | #10 |
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what you want to do is unplug your laptop for 5 minutes
damp a cloth with some olive oil and rub it on the side of the port, turn your computer back on and it should work |
07-15-2014, 04:14 AM | #11 |
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Most TVs have a VGA port now but I guess we wouldn't be here if you did.
It's easy to go from DVI to HDMI, I wonder if a VGA to DVI adapter with a DVI to HDMI lead would work? I have a feeling that you need something to actively convert the signal but what do I know... |