How to watch PowerPoint on TV?
Website design By BotEap.comMicrosoft is such a powerful presentation tool, but sometimes we are limited by its requirements; you must have a computer with PowerPoint installed. Sometimes we want to send our presentation as a photo slideshow to friends or family and share with them, but on a different operating system or a different version of PowerPoint, it doesn’t work very well, that’s really a disappointment. All things seem to be under Microsoft’s dominance; Can we do something? Why not watch your PowerPoint on TV? Sounds great! I think that many people have already made this interesting and useful thing, and I am very happy to share with you my experience on how to watch PowerPoint on TV.
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Website design By BotEap.comThe free way is to connect your TV to the computer, then use the computer control PowerPoint presentation, there is a big difference between the technologies of a computer monitor and a TV monitor, you can connect your PC to the TV and watch your PowerPoint on the TV screen, but this job is not so easy!
Website design By BotEap.comUnlike computer monitors, TV monitors are interlaced, which has the effect of making fine lines and text shine. TV monitors generally (other than streaming specs) don’t display the full picture, so you can lose things on the edge of the screen (which further reduces the amount of resolution available). Some graphics cards compensate for this by compressing the image into a window within the video output; the only way you’ll know is to try it.
This method depends on the output of your video card … if you have a component video output you can use that type of cable, if you have an s-video output from the card and an s-video input on your TV , you can use that otherwise you would need a Radio Shack conversion to connect to the TV. As I know, some laptops come with an S-video port, and if your TV or VCR has an S-video input, just use an S-video cable. Otherwise you will need a cheap converter / scalar to take the VGA signal and convert it to a signal that the TV / VCR can accept, most likely via a composite (RCA) or RF (like your TV cable). In my opinion, in this way it costs a lot of time, and the result is not as expected! Website design By BotEap.comView PowerPoint on TV via Apple TV Website design By BotEap.comWe know that Apple Company created such a great product that Apple TV automatically captures digital media on your computer and makes it available for you to enjoy on your television. Best of all, every time you add something new to iTunes, Apple TV updates automatically. So what should we do if we want to watch PowerPoint on television through Apple TV:
The first step is to convert PowerPoint to certain video formats like MPEG-4 that can be accepted by iTunes. You can get more information in another article: How to convert PowerPoint to MPEG?
The second step is to upload a video to iTunes and sync it to Apple TV, and then you can enjoy your PowerPoint presentation on your widescreen TV. Website design By BotEap.comThe question is that the Apple TV is too expensive and the process is also problematic. Maybe it’s good for enjoying (YouTube) videos, but for PowerPoint presentations, I don’t think it’s the best solution. Website design By BotEap.comView PowerPoint on TV with DVD player Website design By BotEap.comThat’s what we suggest, burn your PowerPoint to DVD and then watch them on TV with DVD remote control, so you need to make sure that the software has the function of custom DVD menus and the burning process is stable. The DVD player is cheap, and when you burn PowerPoint to DVD, it is good for distribution, you can send it to your friends without worrying about whether they have a PC or PowerPoint installed, and you do not care about the version and operating system either; Another good benefit is that it can protect your PowerPoint from authorized editing, you can see the article “Advantages of converting PowerPoint to DVD” to know more about it. Website design By BotEap.comOk, let’s use Acoolsoft PPT2DVD to take a tour and see how to burn PowerPoint to DVD Website design By BotEap.comLaunch the program and import files (Acoolsoft PPT2DVD supports batch conversion) Website design By BotEap.comYou must be clear that this Program goes step by step, you just have to click next and make sure that everything is what you want, if not, configure it, we give you the power to change it! Website design By BotEap.comClick on the next and then you can with the menu settings, that really depends on your creativity! Website design By BotEap.comIs everything under your control? Website design By BotEap.comYes, you are sure everything is fine, just click Next and leave the rest to Acoolsoft, everything will be ready!
This method depends on the output of your video card … if you have a component video output you can use that type of cable, if you have an s-video output from the card and an s-video input on your TV , you can use that otherwise you would need a Radio Shack conversion to connect to the TV. As I know, some laptops come with an S-video port, and if your TV or VCR has an S-video input, just use an S-video cable. Otherwise you will need a cheap converter / scalar to take the VGA signal and convert it to a signal that the TV / VCR can accept, most likely via a composite (RCA) or RF (like your TV cable). In my opinion, in this way it costs a lot of time, and the result is not as expected! Website design By BotEap.comView PowerPoint on TV via Apple TV Website design By BotEap.comWe know that Apple Company created such a great product that Apple TV automatically captures digital media on your computer and makes it available for you to enjoy on your television. Best of all, every time you add something new to iTunes, Apple TV updates automatically. So what should we do if we want to watch PowerPoint on television through Apple TV:
The first step is to convert PowerPoint to certain video formats like MPEG-4 that can be accepted by iTunes. You can get more information in another article: How to convert PowerPoint to MPEG?
The second step is to upload a video to iTunes and sync it to Apple TV, and then you can enjoy your PowerPoint presentation on your widescreen TV. Website design By BotEap.comThe question is that the Apple TV is too expensive and the process is also problematic. Maybe it’s good for enjoying (YouTube) videos, but for PowerPoint presentations, I don’t think it’s the best solution. Website design By BotEap.comView PowerPoint on TV with DVD player Website design By BotEap.comThat’s what we suggest, burn your PowerPoint to DVD and then watch them on TV with DVD remote control, so you need to make sure that the software has the function of custom DVD menus and the burning process is stable. The DVD player is cheap, and when you burn PowerPoint to DVD, it is good for distribution, you can send it to your friends without worrying about whether they have a PC or PowerPoint installed, and you do not care about the version and operating system either; Another good benefit is that it can protect your PowerPoint from authorized editing, you can see the article “Advantages of converting PowerPoint to DVD” to know more about it. Website design By BotEap.comOk, let’s use Acoolsoft PPT2DVD to take a tour and see how to burn PowerPoint to DVD Website design By BotEap.comLaunch the program and import files (Acoolsoft PPT2DVD supports batch conversion) Website design By BotEap.comYou must be clear that this Program goes step by step, you just have to click next and make sure that everything is what you want, if not, configure it, we give you the power to change it! Website design By BotEap.comClick on the next and then you can with the menu settings, that really depends on your creativity! Website design By BotEap.comIs everything under your control? Website design By BotEap.comYes, you are sure everything is fine, just click Next and leave the rest to Acoolsoft, everything will be ready!