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

date posted 20th August 2003 18:22

Should be able to change it in the output settings for the display???
What chipset is it ? ATI?

haz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luke Perman [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: 20 August 2003 18:33
> To: Charles E. Gatenby
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: WAAAAY [OT] - but it's worth a try!!
> S-video help needed
>
>
>
> 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
> >>
> >> ----
> >> t. +44(0)7775 902 574
> >> e. [EMAIL REMOVED]
> >> w. www.evoke-media.com
>
>
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