How to connect PC to TV

[NonExistent God]

Hello VideoHelp forums,

I was hoping to find a way that I can use my TV as a second monitor for my laptop. Just for watching movies, youtube, etc.
Getting the audio to the TV is not necessary as I would use a seperate sound system which is already up and running but would be nice to use the TV speakers aswell if possible. The current speakers I use are connected through an amp and then into the 3.5mm headphone jack on the laptop.

I have an Acoustic Solutions LCDW22HD TV with the following connections:

4 x RCA Phono Red White Yellow Black
Full size HDMI
20 pin SCART

And a COMPAQ Presario CQ57 Laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium with an AMD E-450 Radeon HD 6320 Graphics card. The laptop only has these connections:

15 pin VGA
Standard USB

Any suggestions and help will be appreciated and if any more information is required I will do my best to provide.
Thanks

[DB83]

There are adapters that convert d-sub VGA to composite but the graphics card must support tv out. Check your system first.

[MOVIEGEEK]

You need something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Resolution-Composite-S-Video-Converter/dp/B001NXDQEK

AMD Catalyst Control Center can do clone mode(what's on your desktop) or extended desktop, you can find the settings if you right-click on your desktop.

[jagabo]

VGA to composite or s-video looks like crap.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/283861-VGA-to-S-video?p=1756748&viewfull=1#post1756748

If anything get a VGA to HDMI converter.

[olyteddy]

If anything get a VGA to HDMI converter.

Yeah, that. Make sure it's an actual converter and not just a cable though.

[NonExistent God]

Thanks for the responses guys.
I'll probably get this one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-1080P-Audio-VGA-to-HDMI-HD-HDTV-Video-Converter-Box-Adap...-/360661984274
but first I need to find out if my graphics card supports TV out. Any advice? Google doesn't seem to be yielding much luck

[MOVIEGEEK]

It will work. After you hook up the adapter go to AMD Control Center(as I mentioned above) then go to Displays and you will see it as #2, if not select Detect Displays(you might have to force TV detection). Make sure you have the latest drivers and control center:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/auto_detect.aspx

[NonExistent God]

Ok, thanks MOVIEGEEK