Computer to home cinema

How to connect your computer with your home cinema

Jim Pelekos

This presentation is aimed towards unexperienced people and not professionals

Computer outputs

• All computers have a video – audio output like
• HDMI (laptops)
• VGA
• DVI
• Display Port (or Mini Display Port)
• (there are more for older computers)
• Line Out for sound

PC outputs

• HDMI
• Display Port (or Mini Display Port)
• DVI
• VGA

Home cinema inputs

• Composite Video
• Stereo sound
• S-video
• Optical video-sound out
• Component Video

• As you probably noticed these outputs and inputs are NOT the same.
• That means we have to convert the signal from one to another.
• This task becomes easy with the use of ...

• Converters can be found in any video shop.

Modern tech

Few Examples

Home cinema

DVI-D

Optical

• Now we need to choose the port we want to convert and buy our little device.
• Obviously, cables are needed so don’t forget them

Connections

• As examples, HDMI and Composite video are chosen

Connections

• For the computer, the HDMI output connects with the converter and the converter with the video input of the home cinema amplifier.

That simple!

Now enjoy Minecraft on your tv with surround sound.