i want to use my DVR from my CCTV at my house and view it from my laptop VIA HDMI. laptop wont switch to view the DVR through

[Dustin_34]

want my CCTV to stream over a laptop with an HDMI cable. laptop doesn't see anything for a second display and/ or I don't know how to make it stream or find the hdmi cable to see whats on the other end of it

 

[kanewolf]

The HDMI port on your laptop and on your DVR are both OUTPUT ONLY port. Your laptop is not a monitor, you can't use it like one. You may be able to view it via you home network depending on the DVR. What make and model is it?