Thread: showing JPEG slideshow from laptop to plasma.

A VGA to VGA cable would probably be the best bet, as far as I know all Plasma / LCD tvs have a VGA input.

You shouldn't require a converter for this to work, I have used my laptop on the plasma at home and work as a display with no problems.

As DD Disco said ... Use the standard PC VGA cable ...

BUT ... Don't "hold a picture" for a long time on the Plasma, as my understanding is, they don't have a refresh and you can burn the image onto the screen (unlike the LCD) ... so keep the pictures cycling

If your using the windows desktop ... don't hold the Desktop for too long // utilise the screen saver

Also if you get "Ghosting" on the screen ... then try a different VGA cable, as they can be fussy

Enjoy the BIG picture ....

Mike

If you're trying to show jpg's you may be have other issues regarding format. Try a test jpg as baseline, not progressive scan, and set the resolution to something small (say 600 pixel width). If that works, work your way up in resolution until it doesn't work and you'll know what the max is.

If it's a one-off presentation, and you don't feel comfortable messing about with cables and such, you can always create a DVD slideshow with Nero Burning ROM, or similar DVD burning software. Basically it allows you to add photos to a DVD, alter settings such as merge and time delay, and burns it to a DVD that you can play in your DVD player... just a thought.

Thanks all .
Its mainly to bore my family with my 7-800 Kimberley photos so they will probably go to sleep after 15 minutes .

Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Thanks all .
so they will probably go to sleep after 15 minutes .

Find & scan all the really old embarrassing photos you have, and mix them in with the show

That'l keep them on their toes

Thanks all , it works well.
Resolution is much better than showing a slide show from the camera, Panasonic TZ2.
I wonder why?
Regards Philip A

Picture from camera as playback device, poor resolution

Most likely because when showing on the camera it only uses pictures decoded to a low resolution ie 200 x ... pixles. It then just uses that picture when sending to the external screen