How disappointing that is... and a wasted SGD19. :(
The thing is this - I am using an old laptop and there is only a VGA port. The IT guys told me to get a VGA-to-DVI cable and it ought to do the job. Then just now i realised that there isn't a DVI port on the TV at all. There is only a HDMI port. There isn't a VGA port on the TV either, and hence i can't use a VGA-to-VGA cable too.
I know i can get a VGA-to-HDMI cable, but i read that it isn't gonna work well without a converter because the two works on different signals - VGA is analog whereas HDMI is digital. Some people claim that the image quality will suffer if the laptop and TV are connected just by the cable without a proper converter. I am not sure if it is true but i think the converter is gonna be expensive, and i am not sure if i wanna spend too much money on it.
Seriously, i don't know how all these should work. Now i'm thinking if i might as well just get a plug-in media player that can play the video files on the TV without having connected to a laptop. That would be more convenient as well.
I really gotta figure something out. Otherwise, i really do not know what to do with this TV at all. I can't be leaving it sitting on the table as a decor.
(The IT guys told me to get a streaming video device that connects to the TV so that i can watch shows directly from the Internet. But then, i told them that i am using my landlady's Internet connection. If i were to do that, she is gonna experience slow bandwidth when i am watching the shows on TV!)
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