Watching Movies on my tv from my laptop

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#16613 18-Oct-2007 18:31

I have a laptop that doesnt have a s-video port
but I wish to connected my laptop to my tv is there any cables or anything that allows that through USB?

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#91613 18-Oct-2007 22:07

i assume that your TV does not have a d-sub pc input then? That would probably have been your best option.

what sort of laptop do you have? there might be a cheap port replicator which has an s-video port

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#91614 18-Oct-2007 22:12

A dell INSPIRON 1501

RAM: 2GB
CPU: 2Ghz
HHD: 120GB
OS: Vista Home Premuim

No I dont think my Tv has a input like that.

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#91617 18-Oct-2007 22:26

i dont think there is a cheap port replicator that will give you an s-video port.

its possible there may be a usb graphics adaptor that you can buy, but i'm not so sure. if you had to go as far as buying a usb or pcmcia graphics adaptor then perhaps you might be better off spending the money on a portable media box, or an xbox instead.

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#91684 19-Oct-2007 11:38

I found this on DSE

http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/4717dfee00575f942740c0a87f3306bc/Product/View/XH8624

will that do what i want?

or this one?

http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/4717dfee00575f942740c0a87f3306bc/Product/View/XH8282

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#91700 19-Oct-2007 13:52

Bugger not having a s-video port. Can I suggest you going to DSE (maybe with your laptop) and asking them for USB or VGA port solutions; the former of your two suggestions seems like it might do the trick but I'd be surprised if there wasn't a cheaper solution with your VGA port.

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#91719 19-Oct-2007 15:26

I found this on trademe

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Cables/SVGA/auction-123339497.htm

However will this work with my graphics card?

My Graphics Card: ATI Radeon Xpress 1150
OS: Vista Home Premuim

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#91742 19-Oct-2007 18:07

mme:
I found this on trademe

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Cables/SVGA/auction-123339497.htm

However will this work with my graphics card?

My Graphics Card: ATI Radeon Xpress 1150
OS: Vista Home Premuim

Thanks

At a guess i'd say it probably isnt a feature of your laptop/graphics card so its unlikely to work.

I still think your best bet is to go with something like the following if you just want to be able to watch xvid/divx movies (or you want to play dvds then buy a $50 dvd player):

http://qmb.co.nz/p.aspx?106505 MG25
http://qmb.co.nz/p.aspx?106506 MG35
http://qmb.co.nz/p.aspx?106650 MG-350HD

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#92546 26-Oct-2007 14:48

Thanks for all your replies, I have now bought a

http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/471536 1d00b0f1b02740c0a87f3306b3/Product/View/G3026

from trademe and a 2GB usb stick