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hobo202

11-06-2008 18:48

connect laptop to tv

hi:)
i am wondering if i would be able to connect a laptop to kind of old fashioned tv, via "vga to scart" cable or "s-video to scart" cable

thanks:)

cimt	11-06-2008 18:50

Re: connect laptop to tv

I'm pretty sure you can. I don't know what the picture will be like though.

hobo202

11-06-2008 18:51

Re: connect laptop to tv

ok thanks for your help

Halcyon

11-06-2008 20:03

Re: connect laptop to tv

If you have S-video out on your laptop you can go from that into a scart adaper.
Remember to hook up sound too as s-video is only video signal.

Mr_love_monkey

11-06-2008 20:40

Re: connect laptop to tv

You can do it with one of these :

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?...L26AJ&DOY=11m6

I bought one the other week, and it works fine - also lets you run sound through as well with the adapter

Thing to bear in mind though, you need a scart socket that will accept s-video, I had to use the third scart socket on my tv before I got a signal.

Set up the tv as an additional monitor on the laptop, drop the refresh rate down, and you should be away (you'll probably need to drop the screen size down as well)

solver

26-09-2008 21:02

Re: connect laptop to tv

This website: www.plugPCtoTV.com will help you step by step choice the right cable.

idi banashapan

27-09-2008 00:37

Re: connect laptop to tv

using a crt tv as a monitor just isn't worth it, it looks awful. trying to read anything within windows is near impossible. I tried it a couple of years ago on my old flat screen widescreen crt. thank the lord for 42" LCD tvs I say!!!!!

moaningmags

27-09-2008 02:14

Re: connect laptop to tv

I'm trying to use S-Video to scart and the picture quality itself is fine for watching what I want to watch, Except it's in black and white!!!
Anyone any ideas why, pretty sure it's a config thing on laptop, but I seem to have tested every combination making no difference.
It's just a normal tv.

Enuff

27-09-2008 10:39

Re: connect laptop to tv

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bender (Post 34643494)

And 50" Plasma's ;)

cookie_365

27-09-2008 15:03

Re: connect laptop to tv

Quote:

Originally Posted by moaningmags (Post 34643511)

Scart on the TV set to RGB instead of S-Video?

idi banashapan

27-09-2008 15:11

Re: connect laptop to tv

Quote:

Originally Posted by Enuff (Post 34643570)

And 50" Plasma's ;)

just as good!!! though trying to watch football on that in my livingroom would make me dizzy!!! lol!!!!

ZrByte

27-09-2008 17:21

Re: connect laptop to tv

Quote:

Originally Posted by cookie_365 (Post 34643650)

Scart on the TV set to RGB instead of S-Video?

Or the video card output is set to NTSC instead of PAL.

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