how do i play a bluray movie on laptop thru my tv

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I've done this.

by R. Proffitt - 3/25/12 11:59 AM

In Reply to: how do i play a bluray movie on laptop thru my tv by joecnett

It was not as easy as folk expected. I had to...

In Windows, extend my Windows to 2 screens then find and select my HDTV as the primary screen.

Sorry but as this is not standardized I think folk will agree it's too fiddly.
Bob

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Answer Best answer as chosen by user joecnett

Export and import of signal

by Willy - 3/26/12 7:48 AM

In Reply to: how do i play a bluray movie on laptop thru my tv by joecnett

You really need to understand how your TV is setup and then also Windoze. i agree with Robert, you need to play with this and NO, it varies from one setup to another. Why, do I know this? I found out the hard way that the USB port on a TV are NOT all capable of HD storage media or playback as if like a PC port. The same issue goes for other video input/output modes. Make sure you know where your input is on the TV and how Windoze exports it out. While HDMI is preferred -OR- a computer video port input is the other type. Treat the TV as a 2nd monitor, thus select it from Windoze or the video manager s/w. This in fact maybe all you needed to do to gets a display, *IF* you never got the "no signal" status message. Guess what, be sure your TV is BD super-duper capable as in if it needs a "firmware update" because BD itself can have issues(I know, weird issue). Once you get it to work, "write it down" it may help you at a later date, seriously.

tada ------Willy