MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Tech question: HDMI cables

> I wanted to connect my wife's laptop to a small LCD TV we got for Christmas. The TV
> has a VGA connection that does work, but there is no way to receive audio on that
> channel. IIRC there are two composite AV jack sets, one S-video with audio, one VGA
> (without audio) and one HDMI. It was kind of a PITA to hook up to external speakers
> we had elsewhere in the room, so I reasoned that an HDMI cable would be the right
> choice for carrying both video and audio.
>
> Welp, there is still no audio from the TV, even though the video from HDMI works
> fine. Are there different standards of HDMI cable that do or do not carry audio? I
> hesitate to believe that it's because this was a cheap eBay item shipped from Hong
> Kong, since I've had a fair bit of cheap gear from HK that does work (at an insanely
> low price point).

Most graphics drivers will perform that switch for you, but if not...right click the little sound icon on the bottom right of the taskbar and look at the playback devices. (assuming win& or vista. XP should be similar). If your playback device is already selected as HDMI, I'd check the TV settings. What make/model?