just bought a mini-dvi to hdmi cable, connected that to an hdmi cable and am FINALLY watching Jaman movies on my 42" plasma TV! it was sooo easy. Don't know why i waited so long to get the cables! (fyi, hdmi cables don't carry sound so also had to hook up laptop to speaker but that was as easy as pie!

hey indiefan HDMI cables do carry sound but sadly the Mac mini-dvi does not have a sound out. glad you are enjoying jaman in hi def

For a little more detail -- HDMI cables do carry both video and audio. DVI is video only, but the digital output of DVI is compatible with HDMI -- so you can just use a cable to go from one to the other. But, as you found out, you have to do the sound seperately.

I watch on a 12 inch laptop, and sit an inch away from the screen so it looks like a 100 inch plasma. It's bad for my eyes but supports my delusions of grandeur, like the astigmatismic dynamo I am.

But to play along, I've used my VGA output on my folk's TV. Sound is a trickier issue, but connecting the headphone output to an input on the TV usually does the trick.

Did you see this? its super easy to hook up your pc to tv now!

http://www.jaman.com/a/download/?theAction=show_pctv

i have a MacBookPro with DVIout, so i use a DVI to HDMI cable for video, and the optical-out for audio, with cables long enough to reach the couch :)

but most stuff i watch via my hacked AppleTV, using ATVFlash.com which not only makes the hacking very simple (download a few files, run ATVFlash which puts itself onto a USB thumbdrive, boot up AppleTV with it, let it do its thing, then run a couple of menu commands, you're done) BUT ALSO now has a Jaman Player included! you just sync/move Jaman movies to it from the PC/Mac Jaman Player - could hardly be easier. lets me play just about any video file format, so i dont have to convert it to h264/mov on the Mac/PC, and it integrates nicely with the original AppleTV menu system. and if anything goes wrong or u want to uninstall it, just do a factory restore.

Jaman's own page on how to do this is a bit out-of-date, they send you to awkwardtv.org which has all the individual free hacks, but it's hard work if you're not the hacking type. ATVFlash.com packages it all into a really simple process for about US$60.

I use the s-video to watch Jaman movies from my laptop to my tv. The sound is great but sometimes the picture quality is snowy.

I connect my Dell XPS laptop to my TV using an HDMI cable. But each time I connect, I have to switch the sounds on my laptop to default to HDMI (through control panels > sounds). Very easy though and perfect picture quality.

I now have a VGA cable wired thru the wall to my flat panel TV. My laptop doesn't have HDMI. I also have to route the sound from my laptop into the aux input on my a/v receiver. It takes 2 seconds, and the picture looks and sounds great.

It's easy to connect your PC to your TV: PCTVCables . com

All I need is one HDMI-to-HDMI cable to transfer both Hi-def audio and video to my Digital Flat Panel TV from an HP laptop with HDMI-out

I purchased a used Tivo Series 2 DT from eBay for about $80, the Jaman site has the ability to link to it and downloads movies directly. I think this would offer the best qaulity but would be interested in other opinions. The downside is that the Tivo has to have service which they charge for but we have had a great deal of fun with it. It downloads from other sites as well including free video from Utube.

I haven't had a free moment since I joined. A appreciate that you took the time and inquired. That as very thoughtful! I palnt to watch movies a lot. I just bought a Big screen Projector for my loft apartment . So bring on the popcorn........I plan to "make it do what it do"

Tivo. get one, it rocks.

^ I agree :) TiVo is a great way to watch movies on Jaman! Does anyone else here own one?

CAN ANYONE HELP I HAVE A TOSHIBA SATALLITE NOTE BOOK WHEN I CONNECT IN A VGA PORT ON MY FLATSCREEN TV I GET THE PICTURE FOR A MOMENT THEN THE COMPUTER BEEPS AND PICTURE TURNS ON AN OFF WITH THE BEEPS YET WHEN I HOOK UP A DELL DESKTOP ITS FINE CAN ANYONE GIVE ME AN IDEA WHAT I AM DOING WRONG WITH THE LAPTOP PLEASE

Hard to say - your best source would be to talk to Toshiba. But try using the key on the computer that switches between laptop and external display - usually this is one of the function (f1-f12) keys and you hold down some special control key to access this function. You can then toggle between laptop, external, or dual display.

I have a Series 3 HD TIVO and it will access Jaman. But I'm not clear about the connection between this website and my Tivo. If I select a movie here on the website, will it be available for me to watch on the Tivo, or do I have to select movies on the Tivo to watch them there? I have a credit for 3 movies, can I use those credits for movies that are viewed on my Tivo?

You can pick movies either using the website or using your TiVo box. If you pick them on the website be sure it shows as available for TiVo (right below the Rent button) and then once you rent it you can click the TiVo button to send it to your TiVo.