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Can someone pls guide me how do I connect my laptop to my 5.1 HTiB? Is it possible to connect one afterall ? If yes pls guide me about the cables to be used while connecting.Thanks in advance.
Can someone pls guide me how do I connect my laptop to my 5.1 HTiB? Is it possible to connect one afterall ? If yes pls guide me about the cables to be used while connecting.Thanks in advance.
you can use the line out (3.5mm stereo to RCA R/L cable) from PC to HTiB analog in (R/L - white red analog terminals at the back).
Also if you invest in a cheap decent external USB soundcard (asus etc) - you can use optical (toshlink optical converter + optical cable) to connect to optical in of the HTiB. In that case the HTiB can process AC3 D5.1/DTS audio (most support that). But please check if there is an optical/coaxial digital in on the bakc of your HTib.
BTW what are the specs of your HTiB
I have quoted the reqd specs of my AVR below.Something more which u want 2 know pls tell me.Also pls tell me where in the PC will I have to insert 3.5mm stereo to RCA R/L cable ? I mean the end which goes in the PC will go in which port?
VIDEO SECTION
Input Sensitivity/Output
Level and Impedance 1 Vp-p /75? (Component)
0.7 Vp-p /75? (Component PB/CB, PR/CR)
1 Vp-p /75?(Composite)
Component Video
Frequency Response 5 Hz50 MHz
VIDEO INPUTS
Component DVD, VIDEO1, VIDEO2
Composite DVD, VIDEO1, VIDEO2, VIDEO3
VIDEO OUTPUTS
Component MONITOR
Composite MONITOR, VIDEO1
AUDIO INPUTS
Digital Inputs Optical: 2
Coaxial: 1
Analog Inputs DVD (MULTICHANNEL),VIDEO1,
VIDEO2,VIDEO3,TAPE,CD
Multichannel Inputs 6
AUDIO OUTPUTS
Analog Outputs TAPE,VIDEO1
Speaker Outputs SP-A (FL, FR, C, SL, SR, SW) +
SP-B (L, R)
Phones 1
May i know which laptop do u have?
Link if u can[
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad R60.
May i know which laptop do u have?
Link if u can[
If this is your laptop Lenovo ThinkPad R60 Laptop | Laptop.Views
Tehn check on the right hand side - there should be two ports - one microphone and one audio/line out (red/blue/green/yellow just check it out). You can use a 3.mm stereo to RCA wire to connect to analog ins of your avr.
Alternately for DTS AC3 D5.1 you can use an external soundcard
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad R60.
If this is your laptop Lenovo ThinkPad R60 Laptop | Laptop.Views
Tehn check on the right hand side - there should be two ports - one microphone and one audio/line out (red/blue/green/yellow just check it out). You can use a 3.mm stereo to RCA wire to connect to analog ins of your avr.
Alternately for DTS AC3 D5.1 you can use an external soundcard
Do what he says as there is no digital out...i was hoping to find a Optical/Coax or HDMi port but its not there
Whoaa, this is great, I never thought of it and all these time I was thinking about buying a WDTV. So instead I can buy a soundcard for my laptop and can still enjoy 5.1 surround. Right?
But can anyone tell me about the picture quality? I'm using a Compaq Presario laptop and to my eyes the output does look good for good quality video's even if I'm using the TV as a monitor (using the VGA/XGA) connection. I presume that picture quality through the HDMI output of WDTV will be much better than this setup? Am I right? Or is there anything I can do (read- upgrade) with my lappy to get HDMI output or something like that?
Today I've watched "300" with this setup and stereo output from the headphone jack of my lappy and I actually liked the picture (or probably because there was no option to compare with).
So should I go for WD TV or can I use my laptop (with some upgrades but as it;s a laptop, the options will be limited)?
True, specially for dark scenes my laptop's graphic card is grossly inadequate. There is just no detail in the dark scenes. I checked this by playing Angels and Demon's via Laptop and via Pioneer 600AV. Pio is significantly better. But I'm using the VGA connection from my lappy so may be a better graphics card with HDMI o/p will be at par. For the sound if I don't use any processing at the laptop and let the AVR (not yet bought he he) do the magic then that'll be better or at par with WDTV I guess. am I right? I'm just trying to get all the comparo done before I take the plunge.
True, specially for dark scenes my laptop's graphic card is grossly inadequate. There is just no detail in the dark scenes. I checked this by playing Angels and Demon's via Laptop and via Pioneer 600AV. Pio is significantly better. But I'm using the VGA connection from my lappy so may be a better graphics card with HDMI o/p will be at par. For the sound if I don't use any processing at the laptop and let the AVR (not yet bought he he) do the magic then that'll be better or at par with WDTV I guess. am I right? I'm just trying to get all the comparo done before I take the plunge.
Hi! I have been using my mobile workstation (laptop) for playing HD MKV movies through my Sony LCD. I did that for about 10 months. It has Nvidia graphic card and DVI/ Co-axial out etc. I was very happy with PQ and 5.1 surround sound.
But the moment I connected my Elektron (similar to WDTV) media player, the picture quality was approx 25% better! Sound was 50% better!!
I have never gone back to laptop for watching movies.
Conclusion: Unless you have high end graphic and sound card, the PQ/ SQ will be severely compromised. You will not realize unless you see something better!
WDTV/ NMT players takes care of this issue.
I would agree with you regarding the music/sound aspect. Without a dedicated sound card, output is going to be nowhere near the WDTV type devices.
But I dont see why picture quality cannot compete. What video player are you using to play your video files? TheKMPlayer and Videolan Player are very highly recommended tools and both do an excellent job without you having to hunt and install relevant codecs.
KMP+Haali+CoreAVC. I have tried many players/ codecs including ffdshow.
The PQ does not have the depth and clarity like in NMT/ WDTV.
The difference is overwhelming. Graphic card is the culprit.
On my friend's PC with same SW/settings, but a better Asus graphic card (don't remember the model now) was giving better results on par with WDTV.
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