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    VGA to S-Video cable with T60

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by hdave, Oct 16, 2007.

  1. hdave

    hdave Notebook Geek

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    I am trying to make my VGA out turn into an S-Video out so I can hook up my laptop to my bigscreen tv mainly to watch tv shows and movies.

    I am using a cable very similar to this one:
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    I do not get any video displayed, just black and white fuzzyness. Is there any settings I can change to make it work?
    Other products similar to this say: Your VGA card must support TV out directly through VGA port function. Please consult with your VGA card’s user manual for more information.

    I have the ATI FireGL v5250.

    Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
     
    hdave, Oct 16, 2007
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  2. stallen

    stallen Thinkpad Woody

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    stallen, Oct 17, 2007
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  3. hdave

    hdave Notebook Geek

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    Damn this sucks! Thanks a lot for your help.

    So I'm guessing that my only option is to get a TV with a VGA input or one of those VGA to s-video signal converters?
     
    hdave, Oct 18, 2007
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    smoothoperator Notebook Evangelist

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    You could get a convertor box where you plug your computer's vga port into the box and it outputs s-video, rca etc
     
    smoothoperator, Oct 18, 2007
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  5. stallen

    stallen Thinkpad Woody

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    Unfortunately, I think those are your only two options.
     
    stallen, Oct 18, 2007
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