Any question answered...

Just bought a Sony TV with wi-fi. It's got built in YouTube and Facebook apps but the interface is shit and I want it to display whatever's on my laptop screen, e.g Sky Sports on my free Sky Go account.

Anyone know if this is possible?

Does it have a VGA input? Blue plug, 15 pin. Or if your laptop has a HDMI output does your TV have a HDMI input?

You mean that Internet TV thing?

nah, that all works fine, I basically want to use the telly as a laptop monitor wirelessly.

Where's the point? You can as well stream from a laptop directly to a telly/monitor - either through a wi-fi, ethernet or vga.

Does it have a VGA input? Blue plug, 15 pin

Yes it's got one of those but I wanted to avoid wires

Can't help you, because don't know the model. You'd have to check the menus and see if you can stream.

Eh? Why?

Where's the point? You can as well stream from a laptop directly to a telly/monitor - either through a wi-fi, ethernet or vga.

How? That's what I wanted to know

Eh? Why?

To know if you can. My telly doesn't have wi-fi. My dad's have.

Eh? Why?

So when Saints are on Sky I can receive it through the laptop and watch it on telly without trailing a cable across the floor

EEI I didn't see your post, should have had a ^^ there

I see. So you want to use the laptop as a laptop, then have the TV streaming from the laptop at the same time?

Bang on, that's it.

I'm doing this for living (well, I was before I was made redundant), but we always used VGAs linked with DAs. We're old school.

What telly do you have exactly, bombcup?

I know the mac versions but pc I'm stuck and it's what I'm stuck with now :(

Slap the next fan boy that mentions fruit.

Where are you in London? Or shall we go to PM's?

Or fucking buy a proper computer.

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EEI The box tells me it's a Sony Bravia EX32 22" .

Where have the tags gone, I can't see any on the whole forum?

I can't find - does it have wi-fi built in? Can you connect it to your home network?

Where have the tags gone, I can't see any on the whole forum?

9/12 or the battle known as 2011 Tag Wars

War correspondence starts here

I can't find - does it have wi-fi built in? Can you connect it to your home network?

Yes it has built in wifi, I've got it all connected to the home network but it seems limited to the built-in functions on the menu - iplayer et al, youtube, skype and an unusable web browser.

Looking into it, it seems intel have launched a piece of kit to enable a laptop to stream its display to a TV but you need a laptop with the hardware built in and a dongle for the TV, so having a wifi TV is irrelevant. I don't think I'm going to be able to do what I'm after, I'll try a VGA lead, then, as this laptop is not long for this world, I'll get a machine with HDMI out.

I've tried to find a manual here to no avail.

http://esupport.sony.com/

I'm rather touched. Thanks for looking :)

I bought the telly today so I've not lost the manual yet. There's no mention other than the VGA cable.

I'm rather touched. Thanks for looking :)

I bought the telly today so I've not lost the manual yet. There's no mention other than the VGA cable.

And this?

http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=C1003311&fes=true

And ask there:

https://forum.sel.sony.com/viewforum.php?f=87

This is a DIY thread.

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