What cable do I need to connect my laptop to my tv?

You'll need a DVI or HDMI cable, depending on what the input actually is. Just google those two and see which picture would fit.

Sounds like VGA. This will work if your TV has a VGA or component input (not composite!). If your TV does not have a VGA input, you'll have to look for an S-Video slot on your laptop. Ideally, your TV will also have an S-Video connection. Otherwise, you may be able to convert the S-Video to Composite video (yellow connector) or scart using a cheap adapter available on ebay. These solutions will only provide video. For audio, you'll need a cable coming from the audio out (headphone) socket. This cable will either have another standard audio jack on the other end or will have composite audio connectors (Red / White), depending on your TVs inputs. Summary: LAPTOP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TV VGA + Headphone VGA / Component + Audio Jack / Red White S-Video + Headphone S-Video / Composite (Yellow) / Scart / Red / White Hope this helps, Dave

That will depend on the connector you have in your laptop. I have two ways that I connect my computers to my pc. One is using the s-video port on the graphics card. It should look similar to this: http://www.infernotech.com/ref_book/resource_img/s-video-port.jpe That cable then adapts into the three coloured AV cables (red, white and yellow) you can plug these into most tv's easily, or as i've done, plug them into a scart converter. The other way that I know is using the video out port on your laptop, it should look like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/VGA_port.jpg/800px-VGA_port.jpg Some dont have the screws either side, most are blue, but mine happens to be grey because of the laptop colour scheme. If using the second type of port, then you wont get an 'instant' signal from your laptop through it. Often there is a function key to turn it on once the cable is plugged in, mine happens to be Fn+F3, the symbol often just looks like a square inside a square. These cables should all be available quite cheaply in electronics shops.

it sounds like the tv and the laptop both have a VGA connector...thos r really easy to get off of any monitor but if you have an HDTV and ur laptop has a DVI(looks like VGA but with alot more pins) or HDMI(looks like a USB) use that because they will give you alot better quality which is something you want if u are going to be using ur laptop to do something like play Blu-Ray movies or something

Well the kind of cable with screws that you are talking about could be DVI or VGA. My guess it's a VGA in which case you need a VGA cable, one that you would plug a monitor in with a desktop computer.

It sounds like the TV accepts a VGA input, so the cable needs to e VGA at one end. The other end needs to be compatible with whatever graphics output your (unspecified) laptop supplies.

What you describe sounds like a serial port, first off your laptop would need a pci card with an hdmi port. and you would need a newer tv with an hdmi. there might be other ways though it really dpeends on your specific purposes.

if you have a pc input on your tv and a blue looking thing thats for external tv output on your pc use a VGA cable.

s-video would be really easy.