laptop to tv

i've plugged my laptop into my lcd tv i have tv switched to vga and can see my desktop,mouse and open/close programs
but when i try to play a video it can be seen on the laptop but not on the tv the wmp can be seen the seek bar is moving as it plays but no picture ?

 

You may need a hdmi cable. Does your laptop support hdmi??

 

no hdmi on laptop [hp compaq nx9010] has vga/svideo

tv is kogan has hdmi/svideo/vga/blue green pink rca/yellow white red rca

?

 

You should be able to interpret this for XP - http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bi...ypeId=321957&objectID=c01369231&printver=true

This for S-Video - http://www.svideo.com/compaq1700.html

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Need more? Apply some logic and search "How to connect your PC to your TV" - any of the top ten should get you sorted.

http://www.inspectmygadget.com/2007/06/11/how-to-connect-your-pc-to-your-television-and-stereo/

http://www.addictivetips.com/computer-tips/how-to-connect-your-computerpc-or-laptop-to-your-tv/

http://www.techlore.com/article/10061/How-To-Connect-a-Computer-To-Your-TV/

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-tech/how-to-connect-computer-to-tv.htm


Sounds like what my friend should be up on ....

 

thanks mate got it set as extension of desktop works great

 

Was it the first or which? Ah - extend .... I'll take it was the opener.

 

yes that was the key strange that i could see the desktop and everything else except the movie itself and now i can see it perfectly currently watching the mummy totde on a great big lcd tv as i type thanks again