Originally Posted by passingbat:
“Can you connect your laptop to the TV?
I have a HTPC which I connect via HDMI to the lounge TV and a laptop which I connect via VGA to a TV in the bedroom.
Many TV's have a VGA input for PCs that don't have HDMI out. If the laptop has HDMI out, it is just a case of HDMI out from laptop to HDMI in on the TV.”
Absolutely, but I generally don't want to.
My laptop is used for work or travel. To connect it to my TV, requires physical labour. Not that I don't like that - I do, but coming home, unpacking the laptop, connecting it to the TV, firing it up, changing the television setting to the laptop input, starting the Now TV website whilst kneeling in front of the television, navigating by track pad to the right show, starting it, sitting down, realizing I want to watch a different show, getting up from the sofa, repeating the process.... then having to deal with Mrs ovbg asking why there are cables dangling around the living room and what's wrong with all the normal set-top boxes we have...
... maybe you get my point. Yes, I can always connect my laptop to my TV, but quite honestly that is a step backwards for me. In 1985 I remember being able to control my television and VCR from the comfort of my sofa without having to get up or have cables dangling across the floor.
Possibly because of my bad hair back then, the woodpaneling and horrid wallpaper, I don't intend to step back to the 1970's because Sky can't be bothered with a proper service with NowTV.