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    S-video port...

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ilwhana, Jun 8, 2009.

  1. ilwhana

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    While S-Video usually pipes over video and audio in a TV or camcorder, I think a laptop will only pipe video through it. lol somebody confirm..
     
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    so second one is good as well?
    or do I have to get 1st one with another Y-cable?
     
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    You could try it, but I think only the yellow(video) RCA plug will work.
     
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    I've one like the 1st link and it didn't output to my TV, maybe it was defective. Anyways s-video is becoming quite obsolete now, most new LCD's come with VGA port and achieve higher resolutions.
     
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    thank u.
    I tried with 4 pin S-video cable to Nvidia go 7600 but didn't worked even though it worked with ATI radeon card. I should go with what you said since it is original method that I used
     
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    Yes.
    I looked most recent and upcoming new laptop, they all had HDMI port.
    It is time for HDTV and laptop with HDMI port. My poor should thrown out
    soon...... :(
     
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    That's OK. I used to watch widescreen movies on a old CRT 'slim' Samsung with s-video input, but the image was not being displayed on widescreen resolution, instead on a 4:3 1024x768 pixels. After getting a LCD for myself, watching movies at 16:9 resolution is much more pleasurable and nicer quality.
    It sucks how technology makes us upgrade our hardware soon.
     
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