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UPSdude

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28. May 2010 @ 04:15

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I need everyone's opinion on the best route to go before I buy what I need. Here's my problem:

I want to hook up my laptop to my Plasma TV to use as a monitor but...

I have an Acer Aspire 5535-5432 laptop with the ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics card and only has a VGA monitor output.

I have a 6 year old 1080i Phillips 50" plasma with 2 HDMI inputs and various component inputs for HD, but no VGA input.

I'm not worried about sound bc I have a surround sound system I can run a head phone converter through. Picture is my biggest concern.

What is the best quality and cheapest way to connect the two together? I want to be able to read text at least on the screen if at all possible. At first I thought I could buy a VGA to HDMI cord to work, but after reading various blogs people have said that would be pointless. I also thought about buying a VGA/HDMI converter but again I heard that was a waste of money. My best option (from what i've read) was to buy a VGA to component cable since both are analog. I've looked at some on ebay and all of them are saying that I need to make sure my VGA port is capable of this conversion. I would really appreciate some advice on if this is possible and what the best route to go with connecting these two devices would be. Thanks for anything you can help me with!!

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