Hey guys. My sister moved into her new apartment and our cousin gave her his old TV, Cable Box, and DVD player and set it up for her. I come to visit and she wants me to hook up her laptop to the tv so she can play Netflix. I have little knowledge of this type of stuff, so hopefully the following pictures can help illustrate what I have and if it's possible to be done.
The TV is an old Samsung maybe, 10 years old, and here's a pic of the back. http://imgur.com/n3Ppz1b
The Cable Box is a Scientific Atlanta, seems a few years old, and here's a pic of the back. http://imgur.com/TRPGVZx
From the TV, INPUT 2 goes into the Cable Box, while INPUT 1 goes into the DVD player.
There was also a HDMI cable connected to the DVD player and just rolled up. I went to Radioshack and bought a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter to connect the CableBox and Computer, and figured it would work, but it doesn't. Also, the TV doesn't have a HDMI port, so connecting TV to laptop like that isn't possible without a RCA adapter I believe? Correct me if I'm wrong on this. There's a button called Input on the remote to change between AV1 and AV2, and it's not changing to the display of the laptop. I'm missing something and/or doing something wrong and not sure what to do. Hopefully you geniuses can help me out with this and hopefully can get Netflix running soon! Thanks guys!
The TV is an old Samsung maybe, 10 years old, and here's a pic of the back. http://imgur.com/n3Ppz1b
The Cable Box is a Scientific Atlanta, seems a few years old, and here's a pic of the back. http://imgur.com/TRPGVZx
From the TV, INPUT 2 goes into the Cable Box, while INPUT 1 goes into the DVD player.
There was also a HDMI cable connected to the DVD player and just rolled up. I went to Radioshack and bought a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter to connect the CableBox and Computer, and figured it would work, but it doesn't. Also, the TV doesn't have a HDMI port, so connecting TV to laptop like that isn't possible without a RCA adapter I believe? Correct me if I'm wrong on this. There's a button called Input on the remote to change between AV1 and AV2, and it's not changing to the display of the laptop. I'm missing something and/or doing something wrong and not sure what to do. Hopefully you geniuses can help me out with this and hopefully can get Netflix running soon! Thanks guys!