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post #1 of 3
11/23/08 at 2:42pm
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Hey guys,

Basically, connecting the laptop to my HD-TV... the laptop only has: VGA output and 's-video output'.

I've already got the 's-video' to 's-video' and the jack to audio R+ L fitted to a scart connector which is in the back of the TV, this works fine... the quality is poor on text but it works at low res....

However, after closer inspection - the 's-video' is SEVEN pins not 4...

After doing some research - some people seem to think this carries HD properties (Y, Pb/Cb, Pr/Cr.. colors) .... it's not actually called an 's-video' connector because of this??

It also states I maybe able to get a "7 pin mini din > component".. other agree + disagree but can't seem to find any real answer. I'm just waiting on an email from acer - but not expecting this any time soon.

Finally... if it doesn't accept HD properties.... why have 7 pins instead of 4 if it's just the same? Could it just support higher resolutions then the normal s-video (640x640) ?


apologise for the long post, thought it was best to add as much info as possible!

Thanks
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post #2 of 3
11/24/08 at 9:33pm
the TV out is a 7 pin s-video. for the 5920 the outer pins are normal s-video.

the inner 3 pins carry a composite signal. 1 pin for the signal, the other 2 pins are shorted telling the card to send a composite signal.

if you want to use s-video, use a 4 pin cable, and it will only send s-video.

however, also understand s-video (and composite) is still an analog signal. 480 lines of resolution is all your will get for NTSC you can probably get 1024x768 on your laptop display but you aren't actually getting that on the tv. text will be hard to read on the tv, but video's will be of an acceptable quality.
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post #3 of 3
11/24/08 at 9:34pm
almost forgot...

if you have a 5920G, you probably have an HDMI connector which is far superior to the s-video.

regular 5920 does not have hdmi.
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