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Technical Jellies: Can you help me get my laptop to output to digital tv? Frustrated!

Asked by Blueroses (18256points) January 2nd, 2011

Trying to show .avi files from my laptop on my television. I usually use VLC media player.

I have a Dell inspiron with hdmi connection running Vista (I know, spare me “Vista sucks”, I’m aware). The tv is an Olevia 232 with hdmi port also.

I have plugged in the cable, restarted laptop, right clicked desktop and selected “output to digital television”. The laptop desktop will flash for a moment on the tv and then the message “invalid input”.

What am I missing?

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