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Posted on 12/28/2005 3:54:49 PM PST by rudy45

I have a Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop, and it has an S-video jack and a serial display VGA jack (15 pin D shell female). I would like to display images on a television.

The television (it's analog, not digital) has no S video jack, neither does it have a VGA jack. It does have red-white-yellow inputs (?RCA jacks?).

What is the best or most economical way of getting images onto the TV? Is there an S-video-to-yellow video adapter cable (would be, I imagine, S video on one end, yellow RCA on the other)? What other alternatives do I have? Thanks.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: computer; help; tv

1 posted on 12/28/2005 3:54:49 PM PST by rudy45
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To: rudy45
Something like this, I'm assuming?

My Inspiron came with an S-video to composite adapter, and it's a bit more complex than that one, but we only use the yellow part anyway. I couldn't find it on Dell's site, unfortunately.

2 posted on 12/28/2005 4:04:45 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: rudy45

Yes, there are S-Video to RCA cables. They probably run about 5-15 dollars. Or more depending on length.


3 posted on 12/28/2005 4:06:31 PM PST by Crazieman (6-23-2005, Establishment of the United Socialist States of America)
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To: rudy45
This is what you need
4 posted on 12/28/2005 4:07:23 PM PST by afnamvet
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Ooh...nice. I like that those have the audio as well! Nifty.


5 posted on 12/28/2005 4:09:40 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: rudy45

There are adapters around to do that. Do you have any other components, like a DVD recorder, that have S-video for an input and composite for an output? You might be able to kluge something together for the short term with a third box until you get a proper adapter.


6 posted on 12/28/2005 4:11:11 PM PST by Redcloak ("If you can't say something nice about someone, then you must be talking about Hillary Clinton.")
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To: afnamvet
That'd be a danged handy cable setup to have around if the DVD player goes on the fritz.
Just plug in the laptop and movie night is back on!
7 posted on 12/28/2005 6:25:41 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Crime cannot be tolerated. Criminals thrive on the indulgences of society's understanding.)
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