I'm plugging in high speed cable and a sound bar...will I also be able to plug in my computer occasionally for movies? If so, how?
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There will still be a USB port, and HDMI port available. Depends on what your computer has in the way of output ports.
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I'm not sure if you have to use a hdmi cable, I think you can use av wires, but you won't get the full HD effect without hdmi.
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Hey mate, I'd suggest you getting a docking station; you'd have plenty of connections including HDMI, USB, headphones and mike inputs plus Thunderbolt ports. Amazon has a very good one from Elgato. Just my 2 cents.
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Hi, did this work? I have a set of surround computer speakers, with a headphone jack style output. Looking for a cable to plug them into my TV?
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If I were you I'd first make sure that your monitor supports HDCP. Otherwise it's probably not going to work. If it does support it, it will be a simple plug and play HOWEVER you will need a surround sound or some similar a/v system to output your audio to. most monitors do not have a way to play sound at all. Most cable boxes have component out (red/white plugs basic audio) and optical audio (smallish square port with flap that has best audio).
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No problem. I presume you are using an RCA output (like from a dvd player Left Right RCA jacks) to go into a mini input (like the back of a computer where it says Line In) Nearly all cables work both ways.Well, except some super long ones with built in amplifiers (like top quality 50' HDMI cables) or special radio frequency filters/transformers/adapters (the lump at the end of a cable before the connector) or microphones for impedance matching and the like.
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no problem. Just plug the AV out into the input device red, yellow, and white inputs. Haven't tried the component cable since I use HDMI. Don't know if component works or not.
2231959
Does your cable box have an optical out? If so you might be able to use that as your output to the sound bar.
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If your computer has HDMI. I had it hooked up to my laptop to watch movies.
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probably not unless your surround sound system uses ethernet. Depending on your system, you may want an Optical cable, or HDMI
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You can use RCA jacks to hook up to a tv, cd, aux. Even though its not surround sound, movies sound good though it!
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I am currently using a thunderbolt-to-HDMI cable to connect my macbookair to my television. I can stream movies or any other multimedia content from the Internet. With an external cd/DVD drive you can watch any DVD medium. Also any content on an external hard drive can be connected and viewed via USB. So your options for viewing are quite varied. Finally with an external dac and amplifier you can get amazing audio to enhance your movie experience.
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Only if you have some where to plug it in. I'm very dissatisfied with mine..all the wires from base monitor to extra monitor to watch is aggravating, plus it takes forever for movie to load. You need to buy a portable DVD Player.. these has to be plugged up to house or vehicle.
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I cannot be plugged directly in. You must have an audio receiver. A Sound Bar would do what you want however.
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I believe what you need is an HDMI Cable and you can use it only if your computer has an HDMI port.
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Assuming you are using a MAC. You don't need an additional cable, just change the Output in System Preferences/Sound settings. I use the cable without any issues on a Macbook Air plugged into my home theater as well as directly into my Samsung flat screen. Of course the output depends on what you are connected to such as the TV or Apple TV etc
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Awesome, thanks. So I guess running my PC into the TV first then just using the universal optical out from the TV to the soundbar would be optimal anyway.