i have a toshiba satellite c855d and a lg smart tv what cable can i use to connect both

[sarah4]

dont have an hdmi port on my laptop can i use a usb to hdmi cable to connect my tv which is an lg smart tv

 

[TechyInAZ]

You can do that, however I doubt it would work great for movie watching. If you have a VGA port on both devices, that would work.

 

[americanaudiophile]

If your use the VGA port then you will need to add an audio cable to get sound on the TV.
You can get a USB video card like this one
http/www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-External-1920x1080-Graphics-USB32HDE/dp/B00612ZPQA
or this one
http/www.tripplite.com/usb-2.0-to-hdmi-multi-monitor-video-graphics-card-adapter-128mb-sdram-1080p~U244001HDMIR/