I just paid attention to the back of my laptop and noticed that it had an S-Video plug. Yes, I had my laptop for over a year, but just didn't pay attention to it. This weekend I went out and purchased a S-Video Cable to do a little test. I plugged it into the TV and into the Laptop and Bam the picture appeared on my tv.
Yeah, yeah, yeah I guess I should have known that it would work, but you never know. So I gave it a shot and viewed a few things to see if it was really worth it. Videos and pictures show up crystal clear which is great. The bad part is that any text on the screen is a little bit harder to read.
How often would I actually do this or why? The only reason I would probably do this would be to see an online movie. Now if I can only figure out how to get my laptop sound to play out of surround sound speakers.