s-video

[novikane]

I just hooked my laptop up to my tv using an s-video cable and it works, but there's next to no clarity. I was wondering if anyone knew how I could get a clearer picture. I've heard that the cable itself can be a big factor, but I don't want to run out and get one unless I know it's going to make a difference. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

In most cases the cables are your issues, how long is your svideo cable?

 

[HAVOC]

What videocard is in that laptop? Are you running dual displays? or are you just displaying your desktop to TV? If you are trying to use a TV as a means to view your desktop and surf and stuff, forget about it. TV's won't give you any clarity for a number of reasons. If you just want to use it to run videos and movies on, it's perfect. Anything else, is terrible...

Try playing around with your display settings. Also a TV's refresh rate isn't that good / compared to a monitor.

 

[senseless]

What videocard is in that laptop? Are you running dual displays? or are you just displaying your desktop to TV? If you are trying to use a TV as a means to view your desktop and surf and stuff, forget about it. TV's won't give you any clarity for a number of reasons. If you just want to use it to run videos and movies on, it's perfect. Anything else, is terrible...

Try playing around with your display settings. Also a TV's refresh rate isn't that good / compared to a monitor.

or he can go buy one of those new fancy 5000$ hdtvs that support 800x600 and run on windows ce.. Theres nothing more amusing than seeing your TV blue screen.

 

[novikane]

I've got a radeon 9700 in the laptop, the cable is 6 feet long, and I'm just cloning my desktop onto the TV. Thanks for the input.