Yeah, my SWAG was totally off there. Looking at the wiki link that Brad
provided I see the three extra pins are for composite video or in some
cases video input to the card. I've never tried to use s-video output
from video cards, so what resolutions may or may not be available is
unknown to me.
Thing is, a non HD TV will only run in 640x480 video mode, and just
trying to use a computer in that video resolution (regardless of the
display being used) is VERY limiting. In fact I would guess that based
on my experiences when forced to use that resolution during
troubleshooting or during hardware changes, it makes the computer just
short of impossible to use effectively. Many of the Windows standard
program interfaces are designed for 800x600 MINIMUM resolution, and as
a result, many buttons are simply impossible to get to.
FWIW, no mention of it being a laptop was made.
Norm Higgs
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On 2011-04-02 9:24 AM, RogerX19 wrote:
> Hi Norm
>
> No, that's not true. If you look at the pinout diagram for this video card (that Bryce sent in his responce) you'll see there's no audio included.
>
> Audio is supplied to external monitor (TV) out the regular 1/8" audio jack of the laptop.
>
> And not to be contrary, but I think in this case, he will be more pleased with the video quality by using an 'old school" television, rather than a newer, HD one.
>
> The reason I say that is that his laptop will only output S Video resolutions, at best, through that jack.
>
> The HD capability of a new monitor would not be a factor (ability to display 1920x1280, etc.) , but the screen size will be.
>
> For instance, were I to view a S Video display on my old 19" CRT, and then view it on my newer 46" LCD HD widescreen tv, the image would be much better on the old 19"
>
> My new HD monitor would try to fill the screen with the image, but the format would be wrong, leaving black bars on both sides (16:9 vs. 4:3)
>
> Plus the image would be pixilated (blocky).
>
> I believe he would be much happier displaying his S Video output on an S Video capable, 'old school" CRT.
>
> but feel free to disagree!
>
> rogerX
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, Norm Higgs<norm@...> wrote:
>> I'm not positive, but I believe those three additional pins may be for
>> audio - left, right and common.
>>
>> FWIW, my feeling is that you won't be very pleased with the video
>> quality IF you have a standard 'old school' television and not something
>> newer with HD resolution. Reason is that standard TV definition is only
>> 640x480. For a taste of what that's like, just go into your display
>> properties and set it for 640x480.
>>
>> Norm Higgs
>> http://forbiddenpc.com
>> http://forbiddenpc.blogspot.com
>> http://www.power-blog.com/info/4365
>> http://freetrafficbar.com?r=74276
>>
>>
>> On 2011-03-31 7:04 PM, mgandtherays wrote:
>>> I want to run from my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card's S-video output jack to my TV. The S-video jacks on the back of the TV are 4-pin s-video jacks, not 7-pin like on the computer's video card. If I were to get a 4 pin cable to run from the video card to the back of the
>>> TV... is there any video signal that is carried over those 3 additional pins that I would be missing?....
>>> Which of these three options will give me best video quality/fidelity on the TV:
>>> 1). 4-pin S-video cable from the pc's video card to (4-pin) s-video imput jack on the TV.
>>> 2) 7-pin S-video cable from the video card to the single yellow rca-type video imput jack at the back of the TV.
>>> 3) 7-pin S-video cable from the video card to the three individual component video (Y, Pb, Pr) jacks at the back of TV.
>>> thanks, mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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