HDMI cable and a computrainer

gilliatt

 Forgive my lack of tech prowess on this one or lack of really knowing where to put this one, since it was a computrainer question power/pace seemed like a good place to put it.  

While I am rock solid on power/pace/wko/joule/garmin etc.  My HD AV Geek fu is weak.  I bought a new laptop computer today, it has a place for an HDMI cable on it.  My TV in my comptrainer room is a flat screen that is new (3 months) old as well.  I pretty much play wii on it it isn't even hooked up to an antenna.  My regular TV is a tube style and I don't have cable or satellite. 

Can I hook my computer up to the TV and see the do the computrainer guy on the screen with a simple HDMI cable? 

 

 

VKrishnamurthi

While I am no tech wizard, I don't think HDMI from laptop to TV works. I have a similar set up. Computrainer into laptop through the USB (that came w/ Computrainer). Laptop goes to TV via a 15 pin cable (has 3 rows w/ 5 holes). These 15 pin AV cables are at any computer store and come in variable lengths.  Hope that helps.

gschlossnagle

Some HDMI ports are input or output only (for instance, I have a cheapo desktop that has an input-only HDMI port, so it can't drive a TV). I'd recommend trying it before you buy a (not cheap) HDMI cable.

Scott Alexander

Posted By Venkatesh Krishnamurthi on 31 Mar 2011 08:46 AM

Laptop goes to TV via a 15 pin cable (has 3 rows w/ 5 holes). These 15 pin AV cables are at any computer store and come in variable lengths.  Hope that helps.

That's a VGA cable I believe, it's the standard that computer monitors use, and most TVs have them these days too - to accept output from a computer.



 

arzaske

Yes you can. If it is a new laptop as you mentioned, you will be able to use HDMI to output to a TV (in fact that is exactly what I do with my Computrainer set-up). You will have to do a tiny bit of Control Panel adjustment (or "Display" in Windows 7 speak), but it is no different than setting up your computer to use two monitors.

steveperx

Sure, you can do this. I've done it before with a HP laptop. Connect HDMI directly from PC to HDTV. As Scott mentions, on the PC, open your monitor control panel and set up the TV as the primary display (or extend the desktop onto the HDTV). You should be good to go from there.

 

EDIT

Ooops!  I mean as ART says...

gilliatt

Thanks guys, "looks" like it will work.
Here is one thing I didn't know, if you have windows 7 and a computrainer that is more than a few years old you likely need one of these USB-to-Stereo Adapter ....or at least a newer style. 42 bucks!