Help :Laptop to Samsung dvd player to tv using regular dvd to tv installation and hdmi to LAPTOP

monroeb

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i Have samsung dvd player with an hdmi connection i have connectedthe dvd player to my tv and connected my computer whch is a lenovo window 8 to my dvd nothing happened what am i doing wrong it just shows the dvd display on my tv
 


Sounds like you are just connecting things without checking to see if what you want to do is possible. DVD connected to TV works, and it should.

Now, computer connected to DVD player, what do you expect to see there? Are you thinking that it should toss up the computer display to the TV along with the DVD image?

That won't work. Your TV may have a send HDMI connection on it (sould have one unless it's an old or very cheap TV), hook up the computer to that second connection and swap inputs to see it.

What you tried is basically taking a car, throwing a blender inside it, then trying to make a shake by driving over a bag of ice cream and milk.