Comments on: How do I connect a computer monitor to a laptop and be able to watch hd tv on it?

By: Fred25

Fred25 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:59:53 +0000

You probably have your best option already which is to watch them on you computer. If your TV is not HD ready, then it doesn’t matter what the feed is, you will not get the HD resolution.

By: cred30

cred30 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:29:50 +0000

By HDTV, I’m assuming that you have some sort of Tivo-like device that you have the files saved to, such as AVI or DIVX files.

Anyways, to hook up your monitor to your PC laptop, take the VGA/DVI cord coming out of the monitor and plug it into your laptop’s port. (You may need to get an adapter to switch from VGA to DVI. If you have an Apple laptop, you either have miniDVI or DVI.)

For your PC:
Go to your desktop, right click and click ‘Properties’ There is a tab there that enables your secondary monitor. Click the checkbox that says “Extend my desktop to this monitor” then click OK at the bottom.

For your Apple:
Go to Apple up in the left corner, click on System Preferences. Then click displays, and from this screen, you can detect displays attached to the laptop.

Hope this helps!

By: No Name

No Name — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:47:35 +0000

you need to give more info of what you are trying to accomplish. you can in fact watch hd content but what video feed are you planning to use? etc? etc? etc?

By: bob_barker2

bob_barker2 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:53:59 +0000

not likely you will be able to do that if your laptop and monitor are not HD ready and do not have hdmi or the composite cable hookups.