VGA(RGBHV) to Component(Y, Pr, Pb)

My friend recently bought a Thinkpad T61, and he wants to hook it up to his TV to watch movies. He has an older 36" analog set with analog composite and component inputs. I gave him an S-vid cable, only to realize that T61 apparently got rid of the S-vid port

so I found this product at monoprice, looks like it should work for him.

However, the description on the product states:

my question is:
is changing the output from RGB to YPrPb something that most video cards are capable of doing? does this have anything to do with "color profile" settings on the video cards?
I know someone who hooked up his DVD player(component YPrPb output) to his projector(VGA input), and it works great. He also hooks up his laptop to the projector, VGA(RGB) to the same VGA input on the projector, and that also works fine. Is it possible that some projectors/TVs can take both YPrPb and RGBHV through analog component?

 

I'm pretty sure your friend is going to need a "VGA to component video converter". Just google that and you'll find plenty to choose from.

 

yep...your friend definitely needs a converter. only a converter can do the job. no cross-over cables in this case.