Connecting laptop to TV 42VL863B wirelessly - nearly there

Hey all,
Ok, I bought a toshiba wireless adapter for my TV. It works just fine, I can connect to the internet - excellent.
But I want more, moooooore (c:
I managed to get my laptop connected to the TV, using the network device setup on the TV. I Set media renderer to on and found my laptop in media controller setup.
Noooww... using Windows Media Player (I'm on win 8, if this matters) I can send mp3 to the tv wirelessly, but when I try to send a mp4 or AVI I get a "Media is nor supported by device" in my laptop... if I try to send it anyway the TV says "media playback error"
Of course, I can play mp4 and avi in WMP in my laptop... the issue only happens when I try to "send to" the TV. Weardly, if I put the mp4 or avi in a memory stick and plug it behind the tv, it works fine...
So, what do I need to do?
Thanks!

Hi RLjr.;
> Sounds like S-video to me wylbur, that would be a better quality than VGA.
It seems u_hsn disagrees, but no matter. I'll take one of each cable, then use whichever one
gives me the best picture.   :-)
> If you have S-video on your TV, I would connect it that way.   But don't forget the audio.
> The easiest solution is to buy a cable that has a headphone jack on one end, then splits
> to the red and white jacks on the other end.  You can buy that cable at BB or most other
> retailers.  The official name for that cable I believe is called a "mini jack to RCA" cable.
Got it - or I now know what to get (I should say).
> Hope this helps!
It certainly does - thanks!!!
Message Edited by wylbur on 12-18-2008 12:59 PM

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