If you're like me, you have a lot of movies and music on your computer. You might sit in front of your laptop enjoying your media collection while you browse the Web and chat with friends.

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Your TV - How To
If you’re like me, you have a lot of movies and music
on your computer. You might sit in front of your
laptop enjoying your media collection while you
browse the Web and chat with friends. It works
well, but when you have a huge 40+-inch HDTV and
home-theater setup a few feet away, consuming your
media on a 15-inch laptop screen with tinny inte-
grated speakers seems silly. Wouldn’t it be great
if you could pipe what’s on your laptop screen to
your HDTV, and treat it just like another monitor? Best for Gaming: Run a CableMany recent note-
And wouldn’t accessing your collection of movies books offer built-in HDMI outputs, and those that
and music through your HDTV be awesome? Well, don’t, typically have DVI ports (which can connect to
you can do both of those things, relatively easily, in HDMI ports through an adapter) or VGA ports (which
a variety of ways. can connect to PC ports found on most HDTVs). If you
don’t mind being physically tethered to your screen
There are plenty of options for displaying your lap- by a length of cable, you can just plug it in and treat
top on your HDTV. Many of them are excellent ways your TV like a second monitor. Since the HDMI/DVI/
to watch your movies and listen to your music. Only VGA connection can be video-only (a decreasingly
some of them are appropriate for Web browsing, common trend, but a possible one, especially if you
video conferencing, or other computer-reliant ac- use a DVI-to-HDMI adapter), you might need to use
tivities, however, and due to slight lag with current an audio patch cable to connect the notebook’s audio
wireless display technologies, only a wired connec- to either the HDTV or a nearby set of speakers. Still,
tion is suitable for playing most action-oriented PC- a direct, wired connection is the best method if you
based games. Here are your options for connecting value speed over all else. With a cable, you’re gua-
your laptop to your HDTV. First consider what you ranteed zero latency between the notebook and the
want to do, then choose the way that’s right for you. HDTV, making twitch gaming (first-person shooters
and other action-heavy games) possible.
Pros: Lowest latency option. The only method sui-
table for fast-action gaming.Cons: Requires a physical
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cable, keeps you tethered to your HDTV. Might require
a separate audio connection.
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Simple Setup: Wireless HDMI connectors
Convenient if Your Laptop Has It: WiDiIf you have
a laptop manufactured in the last few years, it might
already have Intel Wireless Display technology, or If you have an HDMI port on your laptop and don’t
WiDi, built in. WiDi is a common feature for mi- want to run a cable from the computer to your HDTV,
drange and high-end laptops, especially ones that you can still put that port to good use with a wireless
emphasize multimedia and home entertainment. HDMI kit, like the Vizio XWH200 Universal Wireless
Many of Best Buy’s laptops include WiDi, offering HD Video & Audio Kit, Asus WiCast, and Rocketfish
57 different models with the feature built-in. If it 4-Port Wireless HD Kit. Wireless HDMI systems let
does, you can purchase a WiDi receiver like the you plug your notebook into an HDMI transmitter
$100 Netgear Push2TV HD, plug it into your HDTV, and your HDTV into an HDMI receiver, and have
and wirelessly put your desktop on the big screen them act as if a single long cable ran between the
without even as much as a dongle. This system works two devices. Some kits, like the Rocketfish 4-port
very well for playing movies and browsing the Web kit and the Vizio XWH200 kit, can double as HDMI
on your HDTV, but slight latency keeps it from being switches, handling up to four HDMI devices at once
ideal for fast-action games. and switching between them with a remote.
Pros: Wireless video and audio without plugging any- The main drawback to wireless HDMI devices, and
thing into your notebook. Supports 5.1-channel audio wireless HDMI switches in particular, is that you still
output. Cons: Not a standard feature in all laptops. need to make the room and set up the transmitter
Too laggy for fast-action gaming. WiDi 2 necessary just right. Multiple-port kits tend to be too large to
for 5.1 audio support. keep close to the notebook, and are usually more
suited for cabinets and racks where multiple pieces
of home theater equipment might be sitting. Even
the one-port WiCast has a power-hungry trans-
mitter that requires either two free USB ports or
an AC adapter, making it less than ideal for quick-
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and-simple connections between your laptop and
HDTV. The audio and video quality are identical to
running an HDMI cable, but, like all other wireless
solutions, the potential for slight latency makes it
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less than ideal for twitch gaming.
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