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Dogs1985

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Registered: 2008-03-01

Posts: 201

vga out to tv problem

i go and buy a vga-to-composite/svideo cable and plugin to my laptop. and using yellow composite cable to connect tv. but problem is tv not function. but i using svideo port from laptop to tv svideo with no problem. is that the vga-to-composite/svideo cable got problem?

i'm using nvidia card, archlinux64, fluxbox.

Dogs1985

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Registered: 2008-03-01

Posts: 201

Re: vga out to tv problem

similar with this cable.

Dogs1985

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Registered: 2008-03-01

Posts: 201

Re: vga out to tv problem

and my tv didn't got vga port, it's normal flat tv.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,771

Re: vga out to tv problem

What VESA resolution did you try using?  Composite video (video that includes the luminance [brightness] and chromanance [color]) encoded on an NTSC or PAL is good to 640x480 at best.  The S-video has the advantage that the two are at least delivered to the display separately.

Never-the-less, Composite or S-video will have bandwidth limitations that make them unsuitable for driving modern, high def TVs.
You really need to find a DVI, HDMI, or at least RGB (component) solution.

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