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    DVI/HDMI to S-video?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by heukyung, Jul 22, 2008.

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    heukyung Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is it possible? im planning on buying a new sager 5796 model and i was wondering if i could somehow convert the signal as i enjoy hooking the computer up to the TV to watch shows and such.

    May be a very stupid/irrational method but i was thinking of getting a DVI to VGA analog adapter then a VGA to s-video analog adapter to go on top of that.... :confused:

    any help would be appreciated,
    Thanks!
     
    heukyung, Jul 22, 2008
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    swarm Notebook Geek

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    If this model has DVI-I (digital and analog signal) then DVI->VGA and VGA->Svideo adapters are the best solution.
     
    swarm, Jul 22, 2008
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    heukyung Notebook Enthusiast

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    It should.. im not sure... this is for the sager NP5796, can anyone clarify if it does?
     
    heukyung, Jul 22, 2008
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    swarm Notebook Geek

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    Yes, Sager NP5796 has DVI-I. DVI-I->VGA adapter costs about $5.
     
    swarm, Jul 23, 2008
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    heukyung Notebook Enthusiast

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    excellent, thanks!

    oh, and... whats a good place to buy these kinds of wires? its proven kinda hard to find... the DVI-VGA was easy but the VGA-S-video i could only find on newegg and they dont ship to canada :S
     
    heukyung, Jul 23, 2008
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    Look at something like this - http://www.grandtec.com/products/video/xppro.html
    These products are available in normal shops even here in Czech Republic.

    (btw if you find VGA->TV $5 cable, it's not universal. It's only for supported matrox cards)
     
    swarm, Jul 25, 2008
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    heukyung Notebook Enthusiast

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    so for the sager np5796 (9800M GT) with a DVI-I - VGA then VGA-Svideo cable it wouldnt work? i thought it was analogue and it would work? im kind of confused now :S
     
    heukyung, Jul 26, 2008
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    Which VGA-Svideo cable? Put a link to a cable which you mean and I told you if it can be used.

    But VGA and Svideo have different signal logic, so there must be a converter chip.
     
    swarm, Jul 27, 2008
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    heukyung, Jul 28, 2008
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    You can't use this cable with your laptop. It needs special support in you graphics card. There are no cards in laptops with this support (it is for Matrox G400/G450/...) so you need an adaptor with integrated chip which convers VGA signal to PAL/NTSC.
     
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    heukyung Notebook Enthusiast

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    ah, ic... thats a shame :/.. thank you so much for the help though uve been very very helpful to me :D
     
    heukyung, Jul 29, 2008
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