▷ How to connect pc to hdmi tv step by step

Today we are going to see in this new step by step how to connect PC to HDMI TV. Enjoy all the features of your Windows 10 computer on the big screen in your home. We can combine the best of each device to be able to enjoy even more the games of our team without having to buy large monitors or a video game console.

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Thanks to the standardization of the ports of a computer and other electronic devices, we will have great possibilities to interconnect them. A clear example is the possibility of using HDMI ports to interconnect computers with SmartTV or other screens that we have with Tablets or mobile phones. Also thanks to this, we can play content from a USB storage drive on our television in this case using the standard USB ports

What do we need

In order to connect PC to HDMI TV the first thing we have to do is identify what this port is like and what cable we need to establish the connection. In addition, we will obviously have to see if both our computer and our TV have these digital inputs and outputs.

Types of HDMI ports

There are devices on the market that can have three types of HDMI connectors:

HDMI (type A): this will be the normal connector, it is the largest one and the one that usually brings practically all living room screens whether or not they are SmartTV Mini HDMI (type C): this will be the port that follows in size from the previous one. It is smaller and narrower and is usually carried by portable devices such as a Tablet or some older graphics cards such as the GTX 460 Micro HDMI (type D): lastly, we will have the smallest port of all. Normally used in mobile phones, which, due to its small size, is ideal for this type of device.

For our case, for example, we have a PC with an HDMI type A present in the port panel of the motherboard. If we do not have any graphics card in addition to the one that is integrated in the motherboard, the connector that we will use will be this.

But since we also have a graphics card installed in the PCI slot, we will need to identify the port that this has. Since it is the one in charge of the graphic section of our system. We see that our connector is HDMI type C

Now we will go to our TV and we will do the same procedure. We see that the connector in this case is an HDMI type A.

Cable Selection

Now that we have identified both inputs and outputs of our devices, what we have to do is find a cable that meets our needs. In our example we are going to need one that has an HDMI type A connection at one end and HDMI type C at the other end

Physical connection and TV setup

Once we have all the necessary components we will have to connect the cable in both devices.

Now we will start our PC and we will do the same with our TV So that the screen shows the content that comes out of our PC we will have to enter its configuration. In our case it is SmartTV so we will use the SmartTV button on our remote control. This procedure may vary depending on what brand and model of TV we have.

Accessing the options we identify a section for connection management

If we access its interior with the " OK " button on our remote we will see a list of TV connection ports

We will only have to click on the port where the PC is connected and the image will appear. If the port is not illuminated as in this case, we will try all that put "HDMI" until we find our PC

The connection is successfully established. Now to play non-stop. It's that easy to connect PC to HDMI TV.