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

date posted 20th August 2003 18:02

that's the problem!!! i bought the laptop in the
states............... is there some kind of decoder i can use between
'em?

cheers!!
luke

(lol, no two same etc. yep yep ;-)


On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 06:15 PM, Charles E.Gatenby wrote:

>
> 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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