do you still connect your laptop to your tv using hdmi?? [Archive]

hownos

11-01-24, 07:13 PM

i remember when this was cutting edge and kind of cool.

mrblond

01-17-25, 06:06 PM

Yes Mr. hownos, I do it all the time. Actually, I don't see other options. Yes, smart TVs appeared during the last years but my old Full HD LG gives so great picture that I don't think to change it for now. So, I'm still with HDMI.

Captain Quint

01-17-25, 06:09 PM

My TV refuses to connect to the wi-fi signal, so yup, still do it the old way and it works just fine.

matt72582

01-17-25, 06:22 PM

Yes, although my speakers are kinda shot.

Robert the List

01-17-25, 06:33 PM

On modern tvs you can get the internet on the television.
Some of them have youtube like apps I guess.

Citizen Rules

01-17-25, 06:53 PM

No I haven't ever connected a laptop to a tv by HDMI. Why would someone want to do that?

hownos

01-17-25, 06:56 PM

Yes Mr. hownos, I do it all the time. Actually, I don't see other options. Yes, smart TVs appeared during the last years but my old Full HD LG gives so great picture that I don't think to change it for now. So, I'm still with HDMI.

You could try casting. I find it doesn't always work

hownos

01-17-25, 07:25 PM

No I haven't ever connected a laptop to a tv by HDMI. Why would someone want to do that?

To watch something on a bigger screen

Captain Quint

01-17-25, 07:43 PM

I was watching something the other day on my laptop, and the camera work was so gorgeous I thought, "What heck am I doing, plug this into the TV" - 53 inch was much better than 15.

(and as I said earlier, my TV steadfastly refuses to connect to wi-fi, and my troubleshooting has failed, so that's why the plug in option and not the other)

MovieMeditation

01-17-25, 07:50 PM

No I haven't ever connected a laptop to a tv by HDMI. Why would someone want to do that?
Oh how I love the old soul in you, CR. :p

But to answer the question. I don’t anymore. I don’t really need to have my computer screen put up on my tv. I either cast stuff or use apps (through my NVIDIA Shield) or sometimes I transfer large 4K files to a hard drive and plug that in the Shield as well.

But mostly doing stuff wireless these days.

AgrippinaX

01-21-25, 08:17 PM

I don’t anymore. I don’t really need to have my computer screen put up on my tv. I either cast stuff or use apps (through my NVIDIA Shield) or sometimes I transfer large 4K files to a hard drive and plug that in the Shield as well.

But mostly doing stuff wireless these days.

Same here.

Captain Steel

01-21-25, 10:45 PM

You can hook a laptop up to a TV?

P.S. What is a "laptop"?

:D (Stuck in the stone-age, Capt.)

MovieGal

01-21-25, 10:50 PM

I have a fire stick so I have an internet app on it. I can view anything online.

Plus, my laptop suxs.

hownos

01-21-25, 11:42 PM

I have a fire stick so I have an internet app on it. I can view anything online.

Plus, my laptop suxs.

I find those internet apps on firestick clunky to use and not of good quality.

MovieGal

01-21-25, 11:48 PM

I find those internet apps on firestick clunky to use and not of good quality.

It's their Silk app. It's created by Amazon. I have no issues with it.

hownos

01-22-25, 12:34 AM

It's their Silk app. It's created by Amazon. I have no issues with it.

Don't you find the mouse toggle annoying?

MovieGal

01-22-25, 12:37 AM

Don't you find the mouse toggle annoying?

No. I use my fire remote just fine.

ScannerDarkly

01-22-25, 01:13 AM

Don't have a tv at the moment but i used to. Used ad blockers watched all the streaming and YT no ads.

Also they have things like this. https://www.spoofee.com/amd-ryzen-7-4800u-16gb-500gb-beelink-mini-windows-pc-computer/deals/976313

I gave up tv b4 i could buy one, but that was the plan.

https://www.spoofee.com/images/dealofday/original/976313.jpg

Nausicaä

01-27-25, 08:38 PM

I'm a tech idiot. A simple question... when you connect a laptop to the television to watch a film does the quality suffer at all going to a bigger screen?

I want Disney+ but my cable company doesn't offer it/the app on their cable box, but I can watch it via laptop and hdmi cable.

hownos

01-27-25, 09:40 PM

I'm a tech idiot. A simple question... when you connect a laptop to the television to watch a film does the quality suffer at all going to a bigger screen?

I want Disney+ but my cable company doesn't offer it/the app on their cable box, but I can watch it via laptop and hdmi cable.

i find the quality is very good using hdmi.

iluv2viddyfilms

01-28-25, 10:57 PM

Nope. I just use everything through my Xbox Series X

BigBendHiker68

04-14-25, 07:45 PM

I used to, but now I can cast directly to my Blu-ray player...