What are my options to connect my IBM T60 ThinkPad to my HDTV to receive both audio and video to the TV. What cables, what inputs / outputs etc? Can it be done? I see no S video on my laptop nore do I see a DVI output. Only can see VGA, HDMi etc.
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With a T60, your best bet is probably to use VGA + an audio-out cable that plugs into your computer's headphone port. If you have a dock, I believe there is DVI-out on there, so that would work even better, although you'll still need the audio cable, because DVI does not carry audio.
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does the vga going from my pc have a different end on it that would coonect to the tv? such as hdmi or other?
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Depends on what inputs your tv or AV system has. When I had my T60, I used the dock. DVI to HDMI adapter to the tv. Digital Coax to Toslink adapter to the receiver. Worked perfectly.
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Still wouldn't carry audio, DVI is analog where as HDMI is digital.
Best bet is VGA-VGA from Computer to TV for video, and then a Y-Cable split and plug into the Red and White ports on back of TV the other end of the wire splits in a standard 3.5mm jack so you can put into your T60 or any regular speakers! -
DVI is analogue?
DVI means digital visual interface. -
I haven't had good luck with vga input on Sony tv's. DVI to HDMI is straightforward for video was easy to setup in the Ati control panel. -
The cheapest option would a VGA to VGA + a 3.5mm audio line. I personally use this option for all my laptop, however I would turn off scaling (zooming and cropping) on you HDTV.
IBMT60 ThinkPad how to connect to HDTV
Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by t60tim, Jul 4, 2011.