Can I connect Laptop to HDTV with USB?

[frascati]

I can burn a video file onto a usb stick with my laptop.

My Samsung HDTV PN50C550 has two USB ports. They handle video content. When the stick is inserted the video file is recognized by the set and plays.

Is it possible to make a wired direct connection between the laptop and television using these ports so that I can take advantage of much superior media players than the firmware that is on my television set?

HDMI does not work for me with my Nvidia card in Linux. Samsung's file sharing utilities will not run in Linux either. Seems that I'm stuck.

[nunol]

Don't know about usb to hdmi adapter but usually I just use arista or handbrake to convert video files that my Samsung TV can't read.

[nunol]

I didn't try that with that adapter but I did with the VGA and the first time I was connecting to the wrong sound input, the Samsung TV had another sound input to use with the VGA cable. Make sure you are making the right connections.