S-Video

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

I'm not familiar with S-Video. I want to hook my laptop up to my TV that has RCA input. Does the S-Video carry audio as well as video? I found a cable on ebay that is S-Video to RCA, but I don't know enough about S-Video to know if it would work.

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[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

video only

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

cant you get a 1/8" jack to rca splitter, and hook up the video with the s-video and use the headphone jack for the audio?

 

[9512ds 5,000+ posts]

i did this today for shits and giggles with my desktop and it was terrible

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

Yup, most computers don't even drop down to 640 x 480

and i've never seen a video card for a computer that can refresh slow enough for it to fill the screen correctly, without stretching it, which usually causes all sorts of weird distortions in the picture, especially weird color spots, like it looks like someone's smushing on an lcd panel or something......... pc video cards can't interlace natively, so you'd need it to run at a 30hz hardware refresh rate, i believe

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

Just for kicks I have been thinking of things that would be cool. I was looking at some flat panel LCD monitors to put in a truck, and use my dvd player on my laptop to play vids and stuff. Those monitors are expensive though.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I put my desktop to the tv using s-video thinking I can type up and do homework while sitting on the couch, you can't see the screen very well. I never use it, it is practically worthless.

I have one of those samsung slim-fit TVs. I think you have to have a box to make it HDTV, if that helps.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

How do other people set up their video systems in their car/truck/suv

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

I put my desktop to the tv using s-video thinking I can type up and do homework while sitting on the couch, you can't see the screen very well. I never use it, it is practically worthless.
I have one of those samsung slim-fit TVs. I think you have to have a box to make it HDTV, if that helps.

Yes, a regular TV doesn't display it very good at all. I noticed that when I had my older laptop with composite video out. That's why I'm thinking about a bigger screen monitor, with a high resolution.