There are many cases when you want to stream your computer media contents (video and sound) to a TV. For example, your PC is connected to the Internet and you want to redirect a YouTube video from PC to TV in order to watch it on a big screen with a whole room sound.
Sky Go on Laptop to TV Using an HDMI Cable: The most obvious solution would be to connect your laptop to your TV through an HDMI cable and then open the Sky Go program to watch your shows. It’s not the best solution, but it will have to do, at least until Sky Go improves Chromecast functionality. 06/07/18 - 18:52 #5. If you use Sky Go app on a Windows PC or Laptop. And link the PC/Laptop to the TV via HDMI. You will be able to see the picture. And obviously change the sound source to the TV.
When you connect your Windows PC to a TV via HDMI cable, you need to select proper Input Source for TV HDMI cable. However, in most cases, this is not enough as it will only result in duplicating your computer screen on the TV screen, but the sound still come through the PC.
Laptop Usb To Hdmi Tv
In order to switch sound from PC to TV as well you would need to do some simple configuration. Note that the following 7-step instruction is written for Windows 10 PC; however, it should be very similar for any Windows version.
Right click on the Start icon in the lower left corner of the desktop and select Control Panel:
In the Control Panel window, click on Hardware and Sound:
Then click on Sound:
You will see that your PC Speakers are selected (green check mark sign):
Click on TV (Samsung in this example) and click on Set Default button:
At this point, your sound will be coming from TV (now your default playback device is TV - shown with the green check mark sign):
- Enjoy your show.
Laptop To Tv Hdmi Setup
By the way, as long as you disconnect your HDMI cable from your PC, sound will automatically return to your PC’s speakers.