Transfer PC screen to TV - how it works

You can stream your PC picture to your TV in just a few steps by connecting the devices. We'll tell you how to do it.

Stream PC picture on TV - there are these options

Which connection between PC and TV you choose depends primarily on the video outputs of your graphics card in the PC. Alternatively, you can also connect modern Smart TVs to your computer via (W) LAN and thus transmit the PC image. We present the individual options below. If you have already connected your TV to your PC, jump directly to the picture gallery below - there we explain the settings necessary to display the picture on the TV as desired.

1. Composite: Old, analog TV sets usually have a composite input. Your PC picture can be connected to this yellow cinch input directly via the video output of your graphics card.
2. S-Video: With this adapter you can transfer the image from the yellow composite or S-Video output of your graphics card to the Scart connection on your TV.
3. VGA and DVI: Newer TVs already have a VGA input that is connected to the VGA or DVI output of your PC. This practical tip explains differences and compatibility between VGA and DVI as well as adapters. You can also use this adapter to connect the VGA output of your PC to the Scart connection of your TV set.
4. HDMI: If your TV has a DVI or HDMI input, you can connect your PC to it. This practical tip explains differences and compatibility between DVI and HDMI as well as adapters. This practical tip reveals how to connect the HDMI output of your PC to the scart input and output of your TV.
5. LAN and WLAN: With BluRay players or TVs with Wi-Fi Direct, it is sufficient to connect to the WLAN of the device. Now released files can be played. An extra practical tip explains how to connect your Smart TV to the PC via the network. You can find out how to do this in the video under point 7.
6. After you have connected the PC and TV, you still have to select the source on your TV. Depending on your connection, this is AV 1 or AV 2 (for Scart and Composite), VGA, DVI or HDMI.
7. Once you have successfully connected your TV to your PC, you can set up the display individually - the gallery below explains this in detail.

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By the way, you can also display your PC image on a projector in the manner described above. If you are a Mac user, we will explain to you in an extra practical tip how you can use two screens under MacOS. If you need individual help to solve your problem, please contact the experts in the CHIP forum.

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Connect your TV to your PC. Right-click on an empty space on your desktop and select "Screen resolution". Here you can make the display settings for the signal for PC and TV monitor regardless of your graphics card.

Both screens should appear in this menu. If only your PC monitor is displayed, click "Detect". At the latest now, both monitors are shown in the display. If this is not the case, check the connection again. With a click on "Identify" a large number on both monitors indicates which screen belongs to which monitor in the display.

Now you can choose whether you want to use only one of the two screens ("Show desktop only on 1/2"), whether you want the same image to be displayed on both monitors ("Duplicate this display"), or whether the image is displayed on both monitors should extend ("Extend this ad").

As you expand the image, you can choose how the two screens are aligned.

This then determines the transition area. Only here (green line) can the computer mouse move from one screen to the other. All windows that protrude into the red area are not displayed on any of the monitors.