Porting out video to HDTV

Hello...
I'd like to port out a video from my MacBook to my Panasonic HDTV. Is it as simple as running a USB cable from the computer to the USB port on the TV? If someone could tell me if it's possible and what the procedure is I'd greatly appreciate it!
Thanks...
John

Welcome to Apple Discussions Lois!
It sounds like your TV was setup by default as the home screen. Go to Apple menu -> System preferences -> Displays, gather windows, and move the menubar to the smaller MacBook represented icon.
As for the sound, those earlier MacBooks only support video out over DVI. Not all mini-DisplayPorts support sound either. You need to find see if your TV has an audio-input port and a way to pass through the sound to the TV's speakers, otherwise, you'll need to connect your Mac into the sound input of a receiver that has speakers if you want sound outside the Mac, or separate speakers via the headphone port of the Mac. Please in the future start a new topic thread when you don't have a solution to try for the original poster of a thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1287&start=0
You'll get a wider audience, and won't confuse the original poster with solutions that don't apply to them.
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