Solved! Where can i find cables for my lap top to run to the tv for video

[bignavy76]

Hello,
i would like to have cables to run from my lap top to my tv for video all my lap top has is usb connections what all would i have to buy to make that possible

 

[WR2]

all my lap top has is usb connections

Hello bignavy76;
Your laptop has more than just USB ports.

 

[nocheese]

What is your laptop and what is your TV? My travel laptop has HDMI output for example so I use that when at a Marriott where the TVs have a matching input.

 

[vvhocare5]

The TV will have either an analog video port, an HDMI port or a vga port

If its a Mac it will likely have either a display port or mini display port... you will have to buy a converter.

If its a PC brand, it will more than likely have a blue multi pin port for VGA. You will need to buy a vga to composite video plug (its a round yellow plug with a single connector in the middle. If you have an HDMI or DVI (DVI is normally white) you cannot connect if you dont have those ports on your laptop without spending a lot of money to convert the signal. The deal is VGA is analog and DVI/HDMI are digital.

There are a whole lot of variables in what I just said so more detail will get you a better answer....

and BTW, unless you use HDMI or DP, there will be no sound transferred without cables for that...