VGA to HDMI?

[Corporate CockSnogger]

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?

[Corporate CockSnogger]

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

[Shisen Kopf]

http://wpaelite.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/accell_micro-hdmi-to-vga2.jpg

[RoXer]

Is it VGA or DVI?

I have this (http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=102&cp_id=10231&cs_id=1023104&p_id=2661&seq=1&format=2). It's really cheap. It hasn't failed me in the past 6 years. But that's DVI. I'm sure VGA exists also.

[Shisen Kopf]

VGA needs a converter to run it to hdmi

[drave]

Can't remember if you are over the pond or not....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neewer-Black-Adapter-Converter-Laptop/dp/B007KEIRNG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402566904&sr=8-1&keywords=hdmi+to+vga+converter

USA#1 version
http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-Active-Adapter/dp/B00879DM56/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1402566830&sr=8-6&keywords=vga+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.

[Vietnamese Crippler]

Only problem with using the converter is you're not going to be able to transmit sound.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

God damn it. I should probably just return my laptop and get a better one

[drave]

Yes, you should. One with a HDMI port.

[Krispy Night]

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

[The Rogerer]

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...