What cables to hook up laptop and TV?

[fsdj222]

I just got a Samsung LN32A450 720p 32" High-Definition LCD TV

what cables do I need to buy to hook up my laptop to my TV?

I have a lenovo thinkpad R61 Model. Please send me links if possible thanks!

 

[masteryoda34]

What outputs does the laptop have? HDMI would be the preferred connection.

 

[sivart]

Analog for video (standard blue monitor cable) and a mini-phono to dual RCA for audio.

My T-series doesn't have an HDMI and I doubt the R series do either.

 

[fsdj222]

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[kalrith]

A VGA cable should work for your video. It doesn't look like your laptop has HDMI, so that's not an option. You probably all ready have one of these, but here's a link just in case you don't. That takes care of your video. If you want to connect the audio as well, keep reading.

It looks like the only audio-out jack on your laptop is the headphone jack. The headphone jack uses one 3.5mm plug whereas the TV uses two RCA plugs. You just need a cable like this that will work with both. I didn't see a cable longer than 6 ft. on Monoprice. If you need longer than that, you'll have to order it elsewhere.

 

[Spicedaddy]

most tvs have a 3.5mm input for their VGA/PC audio input.

check the back of your TV...

 

[rdp6]

I have last year's 1080p samsung (lnt5271f). Before my DVI->HMDI adaptor and HDMI cables arrived from monoprice, I used a DVI to VGA adaptor (provided by Apple) to a VGA cable (came with a Dell LCD) to the TV. The VGA cable is pretty high gauge (skinny) compared to the VGA cables on my CRT monitors. Result: high resolution possible but noisy (blurry) picture. Sound was (still is) passed by stereo cable with male 1/8" (3.5mm) connectors.

With the DVI->HDMI adaptor and HDMI cable 1920x1080 @ 60hz is perfectly clear. My macbook pro doesn't pass audio through DVI (I think audio over DVI is rare) so it continues to be passed through the stereo cable. I'll look into using the optical digital output when I set up a home theater.

I don't know if it is mentioned in your TV manual, but for mine it is important to use HDMI1 input and in the setup menu on the TV "name" it PC, otherwise the colors are all wrong and text looks bad.