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Watch movies from laptop on TV

Mar 13, 2005 5:14AM PST

Hi
I would like to watch the movies from my laptop on a TV. Mine is a compaq model, Evo N1020.I got a connecting cord and was able to see the display from my laptop on the TV. But my problem is when I play a video on my laptop and display on the TV is blank.

Could anyone help me solve this problem. Do i need to install special driver?

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Such may not work. Here's one reason why.
Mar 13, 2005 5:42AM PST

DVD playback is protected from a number of angles. One is that most DVD software players will disable the second output for one simple reason. There is a fee imposed on each "stream" of video. To get the price low, they have to pay for one "stream" or the LCD in the case of a laptop.

You didn't tell if this was a DVD, so I can't know if this is your issue.

http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html also notes it may be possible to get WMP to display some video if you move the video acceleration down.

Best of luck,

Bob

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To watch movies on tv from a laptop
Mar 13, 2005 5:50AM PST

Hi Bob
Thanks a lot for the reply. I do have a DVD player on the laptop but am more interested in watching movies i have either downloaded and saved on my laptop or those I have saved on CD's these are mainly with .avi extensions

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It appears my reply didn't show up.
Mar 13, 2005 5:54AM PST

I mentioned the WMP FAQ and it's note about how you may get it to go. Did you see that or is there some browser issue that stops this from showing?

Bob