Can I watch TV through my laptop with an HDMI Cable?

How to watch TV and use my laptop at the same time with hdmi cable in Windows 8?

• I figure out how to have full screen using the hdmi cable, but I still don't know how to be able to watch something on TV, and use my laptop at the same time (for example, if my ...show more

• Answer:

  I don't think Andrew S quite understood your dilemma. You do not need PIP on your TV to do what you want to do. 1. Connect your laptop to your TV using HDMI. 2. Go to the Desktop screen on your laptop. That's the one without the tiles. 3. *I believe, your PC has an AMD graphics card. So open AMD Catalyst. If you can't find it, download it from here: http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/amd-catalyst/Pages/catalyst.aspx 4. Then you can drag around the screens to fit your needs. Remember that you do not want the screens to mirror each other. 5. Open the video stream. Drag the window to either the right or left, and you'll see enter your TV screen. 6. Now you can use the laptop as you usually would. *If you do not have the AMD card as I thought, go to the desktop. Then right click, select Screen Resolution. And then you can proceed starting with #4.