Cable to connect laptop and TV for movie watching

[ripleyferdie]

Can anyone tell me which cable I need to use to connect my laptop (a standard 3 year old Packard Bell) to my TV (fairly new as only 2 years old) so that I can watch movies on the TV that I have stored on my laptop. I am thinking maybe the white, yellow and red pin conncetors in the TV and a USB in the PC? If I use this will the sound also transfer?
Please help me! I really don't want to go and buy the wrong one!
Many thanks

[MarkRae]

It will depend precisely what your TV supports but, chances are, it's one of these: http://www.google.co....5&fp=51aee494437e607e

Highly unlikely to be via USB, though...

[ChuckFickens]

Good job you asked then.

Though you've not provided any relevant information there is no such thing as a standard Packard bell and fairly new TV doesn't help much either... model numbers for both would help out...

Making some assumptions that your TV is a flat screen one and has a VGA port the the correct cable would be this one

http://www.amazon.co....qid=1300463709&sr=8-2

And to get the audio you probably need this cable
http://www.amazon.co....id=1300464094&sr=1-15

Though there is a possibility you'd need this cable
http://www.amazon.co....qid=1300464143&sr=1-1

Note all the above are 5meter cables, obviously longer and shorter lengths are available.

Also if by chance your laptop has a HDMI port then you can just use a HDMI cable for both video and audio.