P-6860 VGA To TV Adapter....

I want to use the VGA output to connect to the TV using component video. I found an adapter that was VGA to component video but it said this:

NOTE: Your display system must support component video (Y, Pr, Pb) signal output function in order for the image to display properly. Please consult with your VGA card's user manual for more information.

Basically I want to know would this adapter allow me to plug my Nvidia card up to a TV?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/For-Computer-PC...le-3-Feet_W0QQitemZ370065250910QQcmdZViewItem

 

Not 100% sure, but I would assume that should work... especially since it's a dedicated video card on your laptop, it should support whatever resolution your TV wants. At least it's only $5.45 if it doesn't work for some strange reason

 

lol yea it is cheap but I just want to make sure its what I would need. I dont want to have to wait around another week for another part to be delivered. I just didnt understand the little side note they added:

NOTE: Your display system must support component video (Y, Pr, Pb) signal output function in order for the image to display properly. Please consult with your VGA card's user manual for more information.


I dont know enough about it all so I am assuming the video card in the Gateway P-6860 supports component video signal output?

 

Ya that should work just fine . Vga is analog and so is Component so it should work exactly like your hoping cause its not converting any signal.

 

Component video provides sync signals on one or more of the color channels (usually green). VGA video has separate connections for Horizontal and Vertical sync. Five signals (RGB, H&V) instead of three (PbPrY or RGB).

Don't know if Gateway provides for component video output from their VGA connectors as I haven't checked yet. There would have to be some way of telling the video card to output composite sync on connections that don't normally have sync signals. I'm assuming not since they provide the HDMI connection for digital TV's.

Anyone have access to a user manual?

Here's a good article on component video.

 

hey kev, i was on the same page as you when u wanted to try it out, i wanted to try it on one of my tv sets that has component connections. so I jumped on a vga to component adaptor for $5 and decided to try it out and guess what, doesnt work for me, my screen just flickers badly in black and white and displays 3 images at the same time. double checked all the wires and tried again and still no luck. check my playstation 3 component wires and the signal was good so i know theres nothing wrong with my component connections.

Im guessing the 8800m gts doesnt support vga to component signal but hey at least it was a $5 loss. lol

lemme know if you got urs up or not

 

Ok Component seems to be a whole complicated process and you would need a special converter box that cost $200 for it to work. I do think VGA to Composite/S-Video will work and am going to order this!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...o=DR&its=S%2BI%2BSS&itu=ISS%2BUCI%2BSI&otn=12

think this will work?

 

give it a try and let us know!

 

Unfortunately, no. From the eBay ad:

NOTE: Your VGA card must support TV out directly through VGA port function. Please consult with your VGA card's user manual for more information.

The Gateway spec mentions nothing about the VGA port carrying composite video or S-video. Same conditions apply as in my last post. Some desktop video cards provide this capability (pre-dates DVI/HDMI).

I do industrial/robotic vision in my work. I deal with this on a regular basis. Previous generations of laptops provided a composite/s-video output connector just for this purpose. With the advent of DVI/HDMI, the newer computers now provide that instead. Without using a scan converter, there is no way to get anything other than VGA (RGBHV) and HDMI from this computer.

 

i got AverMedia Quickplay. http://www.aver.com/ppd/quickplay.html it works really well, the text is just really hard to read... i'm trying to figure out how to make it easier to read though. it costs around $70 though... kinda spendy, but to some people it's worth it.

 

the adapter alone will not work! you will need one of those converter boxes like mentioned above.

 

Why don't you use HDMI cable???

 

So? What happened finally? I'm very interested on this.

For those suggesting HDMI: can I use the hdmi out of my laptop, even if my tv does not support hdmi? I mean, just the usual resolution on the tv.

 

If your tv does not support hdmi, where are you going to plug it into? Only thing I can think of is an HDMI to DVI dongle, but your TV probably doesn't support that either.

 

i really don't know absolutely anything about HDMI. I thought maybe there was some sort of hdmi to RCA cable.

 

I don't think so. As stated in this thread, there are VGA to RCA cables, but I don't think they were made for computer VGA, etc.

 

Your can purchase scan converter boxes to connect from the VGA port to an S-video or composite port at 800x600, but they look terrible... Converting from progressive-scan to interlaced scan (TV standard) makes text almost unreadable. If your TV supported progressive-scan, then you would also have either DVI/HDMI or a VGA port.

 

My 50" Samsung plasma has a vga port on the back of it for connecting a PC. Using HDMI, if you have it, is obviously preferable.

 

Yeah, it's basically only the older CRT TV's that only have RCA in. And basically if you can even get your PC hooked up to it, it's going to look pretty bad whatever you do.

Either get a new TV or forget about hooking your computer up to it.

 

that's sad