Comments on: How do I know if I can watch movies on my television from my computer?

By: aviatingamateur

aviatingamateur — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:29:59 +0000

That will NEVER work.

Those VGA-to-Svideo cable adapters are meant for video cards that have a specially-built VGA port capable of sending out an S-video signal. It will NOT work with just any VGA port.

Your Pavilion dv7t’s VGA port is NOT one of those specially-built ones. If you attempt to use that cable adapter, you will get NO image.

EDITED TO ADD:

HDMI-to-S-video will NEVER work either. Those adapters will only work with a specially-built HDMI port. Which your Pavilion DOES NOT HAVE.
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By: Saurav

Saurav — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:05:59 +0000

Yup you can use something like this, cost under 6$

http://www.computercasesandcables.com/ccc/CV-25120.html

But then it depends on your VGA card, some support it and some dont, try to find a S-Video out in your computer, then its much more easier

It looks something like this: http://www.top220.ru/foto/news/rS-Video.JPG
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saurav

By: smikk

smikk — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:43:59 +0000

if you have a vga port, your software/hardware is fully capable of doing it.

You can buy a vga to s-video cable for pretty cheap (under ten). Here is one place: http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimited-AUD-2350-S-Video-Adapter/dp/B000V6W7ZY

basically once you plug it in, you just need to go into display settings and turn on the extra display (if it doesn’t automatically do that for you).

Its real simple.
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