How to Connect a TV & a Laptop Screen Wirelessly

Stream content from your laptop screen to your TV wirelessly

The Internet offers tons of great entertainment for streaming or downloading to your computer. Many laptop computers, however, are equipped with small screens that are not ideal for enjoying video content. Luckily, you can use networking hardware to wirelessly stream the content on your laptop screen to your TV. Once you've connected the networking hardware to a Wi-Fi network, you can watch content from your laptop on a large television screen.

Things You'll Need

• WiFi A/V streamer
• HDMI/VGA/RCA cable

Instructions

1. Choose a wireless audio and video streamer. Purchase the Veebeam SD or HD streamer, the Imation Link A/V Extender, or another device that can stream content wirelessly from your laptop screen to your TV.

2. Connect the wireless streamer to your television. Plug the power cord into a standard wall outlet and turn on the streamer. Connect the streamer to the TV using an HDMI, VGA, RCA or other cable, depending on the type of television you own.

3. Network the wireless streamer with your computer. Power on your laptop and insert the USB dongle into a USB port on the laptop. Install the software drivers included on the USB dongle.

4. Using your TV remote, select the television input to which the wireless streamer is connected. This is available via the "Inputs" or "Menu" option.

5. Use your laptop's display options to make its screen appear on the TV. If you are using a Mac, select the "Displays" and "Audio" menus from the "System Preferences" window and use the dialogue box to select your streamer's inputs. If you are using a Windows computer, select the wireless streamer inputs via the "Display" menu in the "Control Panel."

6. Adjust the display options to your desired settings. Use the resolution and aspect options in the computer's "Display" menu and the TV's "Settings" menu to adjust the picture quality, size and aspect ratio of the content streamed from your laptop to your TV.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep your laptop within 15 feet of the wireless A/V hardware to ensure a stable connection.

• If you own an HDTV, use an HDMI cable to connect the streamer to the television, as this will produce the highest quality audio and video streams.

References

• Imation: Link Wireless A/V Extender
• Veebeam: Wireless HD Streamer

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish