The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    SLI1's S-video: Does it work for games?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by thegreatsquare, Aug 13, 2008.

  1. thegreatsquare

    thegreatsquare Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    135
    Messages:
    1,068
    Likes Received:
    425
    Trophy Points:
    101
    Before I go buy a cable.

    Edit: Also, does the TV need to be progressive scan?
     
    thegreatsquare, Aug 13, 2008
    #1
  2. TonyZ

    TonyZ Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    31
    Messages:
    388
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I tried my port, everything came out black and white which confused me...

    So i just stuck with the VGA because its better.
     
    TonyZ, Aug 13, 2008
    #2
  3. abehanna

    abehanna Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    125
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    S-video works fine for me on my 32" SDTV. HDMI is also awesome on my friends 65" HDTV :).
     
    abehanna, Aug 13, 2008
    #3
  4. y2khardtop

    y2khardtop Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    263
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I don't know who you would want to use s-video, as the resolution is horribly low. The built in screen will look better than any TV using s-video.
     
    y2khardtop, Aug 13, 2008
    #4
  5. thegreatsquare

    thegreatsquare Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    135
    Messages:
    1,068
    Likes Received:
    425
    Trophy Points:
    101
    It is cause I'm going on vacation and my friend living upstate only has a CRT and a big old projection TV. Ususally we play a new PS2 game, but the only game I have that I haven't played is the port of the PSP's slient hill. So I have a lot of PC games that him and his family never tried and that give everyone something to do on the rainy days.
     
    thegreatsquare, Aug 14, 2008
    #5
  6. Jstn7477

    Jstn7477 Sam I Am

    Reputations:
    213
    Messages:
    780
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Yes, it will work if you use a standard 4 pin S-video cable. However, as previous posters have said, the picture will be interlaced which makes text and everything blurry, so you may have to keep the resolution at or near 640*480. S-video supports up to 1024*768 if you can deal with the blur.

    -J.B.
     
    Jstn7477, Aug 14, 2008
    #6
  7. y2khardtop

    y2khardtop Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    263
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    everything I've read says s-video (ntsc) maxes out at 480i.......might be fine for a low-res port like you mention, but I'd still think it would look better on the laptop screen.
     
    y2khardtop, Aug 14, 2008
    #7