By: Alexbear
Microsoft is such a powerful tool for presentation,
but sometimes we are limited by its requirement; you
must have a computer with PowerPoint installed. Sometimes
we want to send our presentation like photo presentation
to friends or families and share with them, but on
different operating system or different PowerPoint
version , it doesn't work very well, that's really
a disappoint thing. All things seem to be under Microsoft's
dominion; is there anything we can do? Why not watch
your PowerPoint on TV? Sounds great! I believe many
people have already done this interesting and useful
thing, and I'm so glad to share experience with you
about how to view PowerPoint on TV.
Free way
The free way is connect your TV to computer, then
use computer control PowerPoint presentation, there
is a vast difference between the technologies of a
computer monitor and a TV monitor, you can connect
your PC to TV, and watch your PowerPoint on TV screen,
but this job is not that easy!
Unlike computer monitors TV monitors are interlaced
which has the effect of making thin lines and text
shimmer. TV monitors generally (apart from broadcast
spec) don't show the full image, so you may lose stuff
at the edge of the screen (thus further reducing the
amount of available resolution). Some graphics cards
do compensate for this by squeezing the image into
a window inside the video output - the only way you'll
know is to test it.
This method depends on the output from your video
card...if you have component video out, you can use
that kind of cable, if you have a s-video out from
the card and s-video input on your TV you can use
that, otherwise you would need a convert from Radio
Shack to connect to the TV. As I know, some laptops
come with an S-video port, and if your TV or VCR has
an S-video input then just use an S-video cable. Otherwise
you'll need a cheap scalar/converter to take the VGA
signal and turn it into a signal the TV/VCR can accept,
most likely over a composite (RCA) or RF (like what
your TV cable comes in on). In my opinion, this way
cost a lot of time, and the result is not as we expect!
Watch PowerPoint on TV via Apple TV
We know that Apple Company created such a great product,
Apple TV automatically grabs the digital media on
your computer and makes it available for you to enjoy
on your TV. Best of all, whenever you add something
new in iTunes, Apple TV updates automatically. So
what we should do if we want to watch PowerPoint on
TV via Apple TV:
The first step is convert PowerPoint to certain Video
formats Like MPEG-4 that can be accept by iTunes.
You can learn more from another article: How to convert
PowerPoint to MPEG?
The second step is upload video to iTunes and sync
to Apple TV, and then you can enjoy your PowerPoint
Presentation on your widescreen TV.
The question is Apple TV is too expensive, and the
process is also troublesome. Maybe it's good for enjoying
videos (from YouTube), but for PowerPoint presentation,
I don't think it's the best solution.
View PowerPoint on TV with DVD player
That's what we suggest, burn your PowerPoint to DVD
and then watch them on TV with a DVD remote controller,
so you must make sure the software have the function
of customized DVD menus, and the burning process should
be stable. DVD player is cheap, and when you burn
PowerPoint to DVD, it's good for distribution, you
can send them to your friends without worry about
if they have PC or PowerPoint installed, and you also
don't care about the version and operation system;
Another good benefits is that you can protect your
PowerPoint from un authorizing edit, you can view
the article “Advantages of burning PowerPoint
to DVD “to know more about it.
Ok, let's use Acoolsoft PPT2DVD to take a tour and
see how to Burn PowerPoint to DVD
Start the Program and import files (Acoolsoft PPT2DVD
support Batch Converting)
You must clear that this Program is going step by
step, you just need to clik next and make sure everything
is what you want, if not, then set it , we give you
the power to change it !
Clike next and then you can do with Menu settings,
that's really depend on your creativity!
Is everything under your control?
Yes, you sure everything is OK, just click next and
leave the rest to Acoolsoft, all things will be done
