This is a follow up post to my earlier post about watching internet video (Hulu and YouTube) on a TV. Since I still haven’t found a set top box that I can recommend, I thought it would be helpful to describe how to hook your PC or laptop up to your television.
- If you have an older PC or laptop, and an older TV, most likely what you need is an S-video cable.
- If you have a newer PC or laptop and an older TV, DVI to S-video is more likely what you need.
- Lastly, if you have a new PC or laptop, and a new TV (like a flat screen LCD TV) – you probably need a DVI to HDMI cable.
Hooking up your PC to your TV can be a pain. Here is another article I found about internet set top boxes. One that looks promising that I didn’t mention before is the “vunow“. The vunow claims to offer NBC content, but I couldn’t figure out where to actually buy it – so it may not be released yet.
It seems like someone just needs to get this hardware done so we can make cable and broadcast TV obsolete.
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Mark 04.12.09 at 12:05 pm
Thanks for your help.
We’ll give your suggestion a try. We bought a new computer last night and one of the things we wanted to be able to do with it is the HULU hook up to our TV.
Thanks again – Happy Easter
Diane 06.03.09 at 1:06 am
Any way to do this wirelessly?
robert 06.19.09 at 7:51 pm
yes you can do it wirlessly through a game system like the xbox or ps3, through a program called playon
Rzst 08.03.09 at 1:43 am
That is very cool. I never even thought of hooking up my computer to my TV to watch Hulu. I’m usually stuck in my uncomfortable chair at my desk. Thanks!
Jason 08.23.09 at 12:47 am
my pc and flatscreen are fairly new. but i do not have dmi on my pc. i do have s video on both, but what do I do for sound? I already have an s video cable. If later down the line I like it so much, would I just buy a new video card with dmi? Once again I would think there would be video but no sound? please help. thanks
JZN 08.27.09 at 3:38 am
Why did you delete my last post? I have a newer computer but no DVI. Would upgrading my video card give me DVI output, or is it part of the motherboard? Without upgrading I am able to watch video on my flatscreen, but there is no sound. I am currently using s-video, how would I get sound. Thank you, and great page.
Hugh 09.12.09 at 2:22 pm
Is there anyway to get HD widescreen from your computer to your tv?
Peter 10.27.09 at 8:02 pm
For audio / I use a Y cable in the headphone jack and plug that into my stereo/surround sound .