How can I connect the sound from my laptop to my HDTV?

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Your TV may make this impossible, most TV’s only take one signal at a time. There may be a USB to HDMI converter available that could carry both the picture and audio signal but I would hazard a guess at the quality being pretty shit. If you have a stereo/surround sound system in the same room as the TV then you could always hook the VGA to the TV and the audio to the sound system and bob’s yer uncle.

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