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April 19th, 2003, 08:33 AM
#1
Video display on TV from laptop?
A friend of mine wants to know can he can set up to display from his laptop to his TV. He has a Dell P2 300 CPi laptop. What does he need to connect from laptop to TV to use the TV screen as his monitor.
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April 19th, 2003, 09:17 AM
#2
Geezer
You can buy converter leads, otherwise you need a compatible video card (one with TV out) which is tricky for a laptop....
Perhaps something like this ?
Be warned they can be expensive ! (that one above is !) I found them googling with "VGA tv converter cable" .... if you are an electronics whizz , you can pick up how to make a basic one yourself too .... but they are all beyond me !
I'm sure a bit of 'diligent' googling would find one in your price range, I'm sure I've seen much cheaper stuff ....
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April 20th, 2003, 12:54 AM
#3
Thanks confus-ed, my friend recently borrowed his bosses Toshiba Tecra 9100 and was able to use his TV, but since reading your reply I looked up specs on this model Tecra 9100 and it has a s-video outlet, which would explain why he could do it. Thanks for your reply.
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April 20th, 2003, 07:41 AM
#4
Geezer
Just what video card does this dell have in it ?
Some cards are compatible with very cheap converters, but it depends on the card, I have a matrox G400 max dual head for instance, the TV converter cable for that came free & a replacement is only about $25... it depends if the driver for the card is designed for TV out ... If it is you are on a winner ...
If not though, you need a 'dear' solution like the first link
What quality of output you want & at what resolutions will govern the choice as well as cost ... (In my case I can have 800x600 on TV ... but the one in the link does 1600 x1200 as good as my monitor)...
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April 21st, 2003, 04:52 AM
#5
The Dell laptop has a Neomagic video!!
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April 21st, 2003, 06:50 AM
#6
Geezer
....a bit of 'diligent' googling would find one in your price range, I'm sure I've seen much cheaper stuff
Maybe's I was being optomistic the 'best' price I can find for a general converter is $69 ..... cheese video box ... not bad but still not that cheap ....
So I guess that's borderline over buying a new Video card with TV out, if its that simple with that particular laptop....
I don't think you can just plug a converter cable into your particular card without it having an rf modulator ... if it were mine I could of course just plug the cable in & see ... so unless you know a matrox owner ....
I doubt it does work without the modulator except with certain cards otherwise all these firms selling fancy converters wouldn't have any market ....
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