Laptop to HDTV connection

I just bought a Panasonic HDTV (Model TC-P50C2) and I watched a lot of video from internet on my laptop (Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5895). I read somewhere that I can connect my laptop to my HDTV. Then I can watch the internet video on the TV. The TV has input ports of HDMI, component, and RCA. My laptop only has VGA output. I bought a cable from internet that one side is VGA and the other side is component. I connected the TV and the laptop with the cable. But nothing showed up in TV. What did I do wrong?
Thanks for anyone who can help.

mark1jason wrote:
need a cable VGA to HDMI. Vga to PC other end HDMI to TV.
There is no such thing as a simple cable to route VGA to HDMI. You need some pretty fancy conversion electronics that will be more expensive than many laptops.
As to VGA-to-component - The VGA signals (R/G/B/Hsync/Vsync) are completely incompatible with component (Y/Pr/Pb, with composite sync on the Y signal)
Some video cards allow outputting of componeng signals on the VGA connector, allowing a VGA-to-component cable to work, but only some video cards support this.
*disclaimer* I am not now, nor have I ever been, an employee of Best Buy, Geek Squad, nor of any of their affiliate, parent, or subsidiary companies.

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