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What video outputs does your laptop have? What model is it? What inputs do you have left available on your HD TV? Are you willing to get a switching device if you're out of digital inputs (and have digital output from the laptop)?
so many questions that i...may not have the answers to!
it has the S-video and also has the output that you can hook up an external monitor to. it's a Toshiba Satellite A305. the only input i'm using on the tv is the single HDMI cable.
Yeah, it sounds like the same gesture set as the laptop trackpads, which I've enjoyed playing with already.
So.... check out xkcd, for a dose of nostalgia: [link]
Not the strip (though that's OK) but the site itself has gone for a little redesign. Boing Boing sez:
T sez, "I know you folks follow xkcd as good alpha-geeks should, so you won't have missed today's dose of nostalgically eyeball-searing brilliance [ed: a tribute to the soon-to-be-shut-down Geocities]. Just wanted to make sure you took an extra couple minutes to "view source" on the site's "redesign" though. Well worth poring over the lovingly crafted neolithic HTMLer in-jokes there. <FONT COLOR="#88FF88" STYLE="FORTHRIGHT">srsly.</FONT>"
eta:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="QBASIC">IF $BROWSER = "IE" THEN GOTO 50</SCRIPT>
Heh.
ION, 2ยข a byte!
geocities hasn't been shut down already? Like 3 years ago? Wow.
If the point is to watch Hulu on your TV, don't forget you'll also need audio.
I've gotten used to Office 2007, things not on the ribbon can be sort of hard to find though. I can see how it would be easier than Office XP for someone just starting out.
One problem with the upgraded home computer, my work computer seems sluggish now. Applications take longer than a second to open. Firefox in particular isn't as responsive.
Like I said, tiggy, we use the S-video and then just turn the volume up on the laptop. It's not fancy sound, but it's fine for watching stuff off the web.
Once you connect the cable, you'll need to find the place on your laptop where you can switch to extended monitors. Ideally, your laptop will then be monitor 1, and your TV will be monitor 2.
thanks, Jessica and Dana.
You can also get a cable at Radio Shack or Best Buy that allows you to connect the headphones/speakers output on your laptop to the stereo inputs on your TV.