G550 External Display VGA to TV HDMI?

My G550 only has a VGA out and no HDMI out.
I want to play a movie on my laptop and be able to watch this on my TV.
I have bought a VGA to HDMI cable but cant seem to get it to work.
I set the TV to HDMI and press Fn + F3 to try and play via external monitor but it flickers briefly a fraction of  a second and does nothing.
I have XP installed and Im using the graphics driver (IN2VDO09WW1.exe) installed from Lenovo support driver page.
My Display properties page under settings tab displays "Plug and Play Monitor Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family"
Have I the correct drivers installed to get this to work and can I play direct from laptop to TV via a VGA to HDMI cable only???

Hi Guys
Imsure there must be someonewho can tell me if this can be done or ifImwasting my time trying to go directly from VGA to HDMI via cable only??

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