RE: FN-FORUM: WAAAAY [OT] - but it's worth a try!! S-video help needed

date posted 20th August 2003 17:44

Is your laptop outputting NTSC instead of PAL, NTSC (American standard,
No Two Same Colors ;) ) shows up as B&W on PAL..

2.5p

Chaz.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luke Perman [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: 20 August 2003 17:57
> To: Charles E. Gatenby
> Subject: FN-FORUM: WAAAAY [OT] - but it's worth a try!!
> S-video help needed
>
>
>
> hey all,
>
> i'm needing to connect my laptop to a large television to do a
> presentation.
>
> my laptop has an s-video output, so i purchased an s-video to scart
> cable to plug into the telly....
>
> i tried it on the tv i have at home, and when i flip through the
> various AV channels, the image appears black and white, until
> i get to
> the 's-video' channel and the image appears colour.
>
> now, when i try and use the cable on the TV i am intending to
> use (very
> old 28" bang and olufsen...) i can't find a dedicated 's-video'
> channel, so flipping through the AV channels the image from my laptop
> appears black and white on all of them.......
>
> is there something i can buy or use that will decode the
> s-video output
> from my laptop to something this old television will understand?
>
> i tried using a VCR in between the laptop and TV, hoping the new VCR
> would understand the s-video connection, but no luck.
>
> thanks in advance for any pointers!
> luke
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