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Ann, a home user, would like to connect her laptop display to her home HD television. Which of the following is the BEST solution?
The correct answer is B. Connecting the laptop's VGA output to the television's VGA input. Connecting a laptop VGA output directly to a television's VGA input is the most straightforward and reliable solution among the options given.
Question
Ann, a home user, would like to connect her laptop display to her home HD television. Which of the following is the BEST solution?
Options
- AConnecting the laptop's VGA output to an HDMI adaptor
- BConnecting the laptop's VGA output to the television's VGA input
- CConnecting the laptop's USB output to the HD television's HDMI adaptor
- DConnecting the laptop's USB output to the television's USB input
How the community answered
(31 responses)- A3% (1)
- B94% (29)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
Connecting a laptop VGA output directly to a television's VGA input is the most straightforward and reliable solution among the options given.
Adapting VGA to HDMI requires active signal conversion from analog to digital, which passive adapters cannot perform and introduces compatibility risk.
If the HD television has a native VGA input port, connecting the laptop's VGA output directly to it provides a clean analog video signal without requiring adapters or special drivers. This is a direct, supported connection that avoids compatibility and signal conversion issues present in the other options.
A standard laptop USB port does not natively output video signals without a specific USB display adapter driver and hardware.
A laptop USB port and a television USB port are both host or peripheral interfaces for data, not for video streaming between devices.
Concept tested: Laptop to TV display connection options
Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/connect-to-a-tv-monitor-or-projector
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