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    HP Pavilion to tv?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Amore15, Jun 14, 2010.

  1. Amore15

    Amore15 Newbie

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    Okay so as you can see i have an HP Pavilion and the only port it has is an HDMI it does not have an S-video port...and i have been trying to see how to connect it to my TV but i don't get anything...my TV had an S-video output...so my question is: How can i connect an HDMI to an S-video output?
     
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  2. Kuu

    Kuu That Quiet Person

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    Short answer: You can't.

    Long answer: HDMI isn't anywhere near compatible with S-Video; S-Video is analog and HDMI is digital. HDMI has too many signals to be converted over with a passive adapter, and I'm not even sure if you can get a HDMI to S-Video adapter anywhere. You could possibly get one that converts VGA to S-Video, but I'm not sure how well those work either.

    Also, welcome and you posted this in the wrong area~
     
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  3. Amore15

    Amore15 Newbie

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    i knw dat im trying to erase it but i dnt knw how can u help
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    Amore15, Jun 14, 2010
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  4. MagusDraco

    MagusDraco Biiiiiiirrrrdmaaaaaaan

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    you can't erase posts I don't think.

    a mod could move it or something.

    also you can't get hdmi to wokr on s-video.

    if your tv has a dvi slot you could get some sorta hdmi-dvi connector (heck I have one...but for the other way around since my laptop has a dvi port but no hdmi port).
     
    MagusDraco, Jun 14, 2010
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