Connecting a PC to a TV

[Supergoal]

I checked up on what's what with this and found the S-Video Cable seems the easiest way!

I want to play games from my laptop to a TV which is Japanese.
Anyone have experience with this kind of thing and on what is the best cable to use?

[fatbot]

I run my pc through my tv using an s-video cable and it works fine, I can even choose what region the signal uses(japanese, english, all of them really) so it should work on your tv fine. Just remember the picture quility on a tv isnt nowhere near as crisp and detailed as a monitor.

Sorry for the crap explanation but I have been up for almost 24 hourZZZZzzzz

[Supergoal]

Yeah thanks, also I forgot to mention my TV doesn't have S-Video, so I was hoping to hook it up with the red white and yellow cable at the other end.

[Ciaran]

I got a cable with my new graphics card that converts S-video to composite. So it is possible.

[Supergoal]

I got a cable with my new graphics card that converts S-video to composite. So it is possible.

Good picture?

[Ciaran]

I haven't used it in a long time but from what I can remember it wasn't great. The colours were slightly off and I could see the scanline.


It all depends on the quality of the output from your laptop. So you might have more luck with it than I did.

[choddo]

You'll get an abysmal picture from composite, even if it isn't converted from s-video. You're FAR better off sticking with the laptop screen

[Supergoal]

You'll get an abysmal picture from composite, even if it isn't converted from s-video. You're FAR better off sticking with the laptop screen

Problem is, my laptop screen is too blurry to play games on

[knobby]

the best way to do it is to use an arcadeVGA card, it gives out true RGB, the picture quality for gaming is superb.

he's the site http://www.ultimarc.com/avgainf.html

I use it for emulation, but even with modern PC games the picture quality exceeds any s-vhs

[Supergoal]

the best way to do it is to use an arcadeVGA card, it gives out true RGB, the picture quality for gaming is superb.

he's the site http://www.ultimarc.com/avgainf.html

I use it for emulation, but even with modern PC games the picture quality exceeds any s-vhs

Lucky for some eh

[Super Stu]

If you're rooted to a room when playing (as you'd clearly be with a TV), why not get a 2nd hand refurbished 19" monitor? There's a company in Cardiff doing them for about ?15-20 (if you collect, clearly postage costs a bit). I keep meaning to go check them out, they seem sound tbh. Given how IT departments work, it wouldnt surprise me to learn that they came from some bufty upgrading everyone to TFTs.

[choddo]

You'll get an abysmal picture from composite, even if it isn't converted from s-video. You're FAR better off sticking with the laptop screen

Problem is, my laptop screen is too blurry to play games on

Huh? Oh christ, is it not TFT? Or are you talking about VERY quick games?

[Fire]

Can't be that bad, surely?

Sounds like your trying to play stuff in a resolution other than that of which the laptop's screen was designed for (1024x768?). It's probably getting scaled up or compressed to a manky blurry image.

Probably be best to try a game in all resolutions from 800x600 up until you hit the pixel perfect sweet spot

[yashiro]

Stu's plan of a cheap 19" monitor hooked up via VGA out is a very good one.
I second that proposal.

[Supergoal]

I have tried every resolution it can do
I think i'm just stuck with it. Buying a new monitor from that place in cardiff sounds like a good idea, untill I remember the fact i'm stuck in Japan..lol