Connect Laptop to TV Issue

Hey guys,

I have an Asus G2S-B1 (8600M + Vista) and a Panasonic Tau (old school flat screen but really really deep) and last night I tried to connect it to the TV via s-video cable to play CS. After trying numerous ports on the TV and different settings on my laptop, I restarted the computer and it finally connected. Is there a certain process or order that this should be connected to get everything on the same page quicker?

More importantly, I am having an issue once connected. It seems that the picture jumps from wide screen to full screen about every 2 minutes. The cable nor any of the in/out ports have been abused, and the cable was about $30 bucks, so it wasn't cheap. The cables are connected good and this happens in a variety of ports. I tried to change resolutions and refresh rates (29, then 30) to no avail. Could the above order that I plugged in done it, or is it something like Clone desktop/extend desktop/use TV as primary, or a resolution, or a refresh rate. I want it in wide screen as my TV is wide, but if there is a fix for full screen I am all ears. It got quite annoying watching a movie bouncing back and forth.

Thank you for all your help.

 

The s-video only supports 480i resolution, and when using this conection the highest resolutions is 1024x768(which will be interpolated) So this might be your problem, try component cables(you will need a cable that is a 7pin s-video in one end and 3 rca on the other), those will allow you to use widescreen and will provide better picture quality.

 

I do have something with 7 pins that did come with my laptop. Its 3 on top, 4 on bottom, then the rectangular plastic piece, the other side has a composite looking port, but with a grey insert instead of yellow, is this the right thing?

 

Probably yes, but I don´t know for sure, try it and tell the results

 

It looks as if nothing would come out, I am not sure why not. I used the little 8 pin to composite...argh

 

Well, an update is that the little adapter *apparently* is video in? Beats me how to use it, but I guess not needed for the moment. I decided to watch a movie tonight, by goly, and felt I should use my new toy. Well, as usually it worked, even smoother to connect via svid using these new drivers. I do not have to wait for initialization, I can auto-check for video to be exported that way the TV does not get tiffy and not allow me the input because there is no active signal, yet. So quick connect, but the usual window bouncing issue. I think it may be something to do with the signal, as it bounces from wide to auto settings on the aspect for the built-in tv menu. I manually changed it to only bounce back and form. Tried every option available to me on either tv or laptop, no beans. Went to my old acer, hooked it up with same cable and there it worked, no issues, worked wide or full screen no issues. I guess its not the cable or the input, maybe laptop signal or the interpretation when going to the tv. Hopefully I can get a new tv with HDMI and screw this whole mess. I will actively look for a svid to vga converter and see about that, when I get some money I will order on and post back about results. Quite possibly it could be the dam panasonic tv, it was only 5k when we got it, but who knows.

 

Just called Panasonic and did a TV reset, then they referred me to a service station. The service rep said it was the laptop and not the tv. If any other svid device could be connected without the bouncing, it was a laptop issue. I do not have any other TVs to try this laptop with, but I think its same to assume it is. Well, now for Asus support.