HDMI CONNECTOR

[schiehallion]

Hello ABers.
Is there such a thing as a HDMI/USB cable or adaptor? i bought some HDMI cables for connecting a media player to my tv and a pal says he uses the same HDMI cables to connect his lappy to the tv. i have looked at my lappy and dont have a HDMI socket just plain old USB, If there was a hybrid HDMI/USB could i watch movies from my lap top on my tv,?
Cheers

[chris1970]

simple answer to that one is no that combo is not available.

[sarah_louise]

You may have a vga output on your laptop.
You can get a vga to hdmi adaptor

[Milvus]

You might be better thinking about converting your video signal from your laptop. If you have a VGA output connector, then you can covert the audio and video analog signal to digital with a VGA to HDMI converter, these are about £50 plus VGA and HDMI cables.
If you have a DVI output then there are straight dvi to hdmi cables, but you need to make sure your laptop video audio output is digital otherwise you need to convert the signal from analog. The DVI - HDMI cable only converts the connectors not the signal

[VHG]

How would your laptop know to "send" the video signals to your USB socket?

It would not just magically go there.

The reason HDMI works is because HDMI is an output for video.

USB isn't, it is just a general connector for all sorts of devices: a mouse, a keyboard, a printer.

I say again, how would your laptop know to send the video to that USB socket?

[schiehallion]

Thank you all for your answers looks like i will go for the VGA option
thanx again all