Good idea to use VGA to S/Video cable for a laptop?

Phobos · 18th July 2004, 06:29

hey guys, i want to buy a laptop and use it as a portable multimedia player. Since i want a 12" laptop and no matter how extensively i've searched the web, NONE has got native tv/out (only 15pin vga out), i might try using this cable:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=41999

I'm worried about the pretty much null non-interlaced (pc) to interlaced (tv) video conversion of this cable. The site states the laptop must support tv out, well, since no 12" laptop has tv out, will i see a bunch of non-interlaced crap in my tv screen with this cable? or will it play fine?

thnx for your help

Phobos · 20th July 2004, 15:58

cmon guys, really nobody knows what happens if you play deinterlaced video in a tv?? this is my theory on this cable, but maybe interlacing is as simple as some wiring, am i wrong?

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Phobos Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Posts: 122	Good idea to use VGA to S/Video cable for a laptop? hey guys, i want to buy a laptop and use it as a portable multimedia player. Since i want a 12" laptop and no matter how extensively i've searched the web, NONE has got native tv/out (only 15pin vga out), i might try using this cable: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=41999 I'm worried about the pretty much null non-interlaced (pc) to interlaced (tv) video conversion of this cable. The site states the laptop must support tv out, well, since no 12" laptop has tv out, will i see a bunch of non-interlaced crap in my tv screen with this cable? or will it play fine? thnx for your help

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20th July 2004, 15:58	#2 \| Link
Phobos Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Posts: 122	cmon guys, really nobody knows what happens if you play deinterlaced video in a tv?? this is my theory on this cable, but maybe interlacing is as simple as some wiring, am i wrong?