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Re: Display to TV

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Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> wrote in
news:pan.2011.05.07.22.28.56.979509@deadspam.com: 

> buck <buck@private.mil> wrote:
>> What I want to accomplish is to display from my laptop computer to
>> the TV. 
> 
> Today many TVs have VGA input.
> 
>> The laptop has only S-Video and VGA outputs, but running that much 
>> cable is not an option.
> 
> If your TV lacks VGA input S-Video is probably the way to go. 
However,
> for that to work you will have to configure your laptop to send 
video
> in a format that your TV understands. Depending on where you live
> different standards are used. In most of Europe interlaced PAL is
> used, in the US NTSC is used. The differences between PAL and NTSC
> from your computers point of view is the resolution, the refresh 
rate
> and if the image should be interlaced.
> 
> What do you mean by "running that much cable is not an option"? 
Don't
> you want to connect the laptop to the TV by cable?
> 
> Sound is the easy part, connect line in on the TV to line out on you
> laptop. If your laptop doesn't have line out use the speaker output
> connection instead.
> 
> regards Henrik

The TV has "every" input known to man: HDMI, FireWire, VGA, Etc.  It 
is
NTSC. 

I think that 15 feet of VGA or S-video (and the corresponding stereo
audio) cable would be way too long.  Even if the losses over that 
length
are acceptable, the cable(s) would be trailed over the floor, so
connection would have to be made "on demand".  Surely there is a
permanent, tidy way to connect? --
buck

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Display to TV buck <buck@private.mil> - 2011-05-07 21:53 +0000
  Re: Display to TV Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2011-05-08 00:28 +0200
    Re: Display to TV buck <buck@private.mil> - 2011-05-07 22:46 +0000
      Re: Display to TV J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-05-08 00:10 +0000
      Re: Display to TV J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-05-08 00:10 +0000
        Re: Display to TV buck <buck@private.mil> - 2011-05-08 00:30 +0000
          Re: Display to TV J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-05-08 01:55 +0000
          Re: Display to TV Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2011-05-08 10:17 -0400
        Re: Display to TV Kevin Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-08 03:22 +0000
        Re: Display to TV Kevin Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-08 03:23 +0000
      Re: Display to TV Bill Marcum <bill@lat.localnet> - 2011-05-07 20:27 -0400
  Re: Display to TV Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-05-08 10:03 +0000
    Re: Display to TV J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-05-08 16:12 +0000
      Re: Display to TV Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-05-14 13:56 +0000
        Re: Display to TV J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-05-14 16:48 +0000

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