Sound from Laptop to TV

Ryadic

Occasionally what I'll do is stream videos from my laptop to my TV so that the prewife and I can lay in bed and watch movies or whatever. I am use the DVI plug for my external monitor into my TV. But the sound is still coming from the laptop, which is pretty subpar. So I'm wondering what's the best thing to do to get sound to play through my TV.

Mainly looking for something simple, so external would be best. Something to plug into a USB port and convert it to say audio cables.

Roland_tHTG

Can you use one of these

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000V0G2C4/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000FCR754&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0WDW7RQWG0FG4A02ND54

sYnister

if you're plugging through DVI, theres probably a Line In jack above or below it that ties in with that input. if there is, you can use this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021802&p_id=644&seq=1&format=2

plug one end in the headphone jack of the laptop and the other end in the line in of the TV

Ryadic

Roland: That'll probably work. Thanks. Didn't know what to look for, so I'll check that out.

sYn: I don't think I have that type of input for my TV. I looked for it, but I'll double check. That type of cable came to mind first, so I looked for that.

mts

Ryadic wrote: »

Roland: That'll probably work. Thanks. Didn't know what to look for, so I'll check that out.

sYn: I don't think I have that type of input for my TV. I looked for it, but I'll double check. That type of cable came to mind first, so I looked for that.

on my tv the 3.5mm line in is directly next to the VGA input

KalTorak

I do the same thing; I just have a set of external speakers that I plug into the laptop. I think the speakers are better than my TV speakers anyway.

theclam

sYnister wrote: »

if you're plugging through DVI, theres probably a Line In jack above or below it that ties in with that input. if there is, you can use this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021802&p_id=644&seq=1&format=2

plug one end in the headphone jack of the laptop and the other end in the line in of the TV

If you don't have this plug on your TV, you'll almost definitely have this one:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021804&p_id=665&seq=1&format=2

Improvolone

I would buy from Monoprice over Amazon despite the one penny thing. Monoprice has great customer service and shockingly good quality and I've read many more instance of a shit cable coming off of Amazon Marketplace than from Monoprice (and if it happens Monoprice will actually help).

mts

i just got this cable from monoprice based on a rec from someone here


haven't tested it yet but it shoudl work out well i think. the 3.5mm jack is has much more length than the VGA part so if the jacks aren't directly next to each other it will still work

Ryadic

I ended up getting the cable sYn suggested. I found it at Radioshack for 2.50. It's just BARELY long enough. If only the jack was on the other side of my laptop.

Thanks everyone.