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Connecting my netbook to auld TV

  • 16-02-2011 11:52am
    #1
    Lanshane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 261 ✭✭


    Hi folks,

    I have a samsung netbook that I would like to connect to my TV to watch Divx films etc. My TV is not top of the range however and am just wondering what I can do with it. It has two scarts and an RCA (Yellow, White and Rd) connectors and is a 21" I think. It does not have VGA, HDMI or DVI inputs. The netbook has a VGA output.

    Can I connect the netbook to the TV with this setup? If so, what cable/Adapters might I need to buy?

    Would the end quality be worth it or would I be better off buying a media player and hooking my Ext hard drive to that and then to the TV via RCA cables?

    Thanks for any help.


Comments

  • #2
    whizbang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭whizbang


    dont bother with adapters, they rarely work right.
    and make sure the media player has composite video output listed in spec.
    RCA not always connected in hardware.


  • #3
    Jackovarian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭Jackovarian


    Well, the trade off wouldn't be noticeable for standard definition content such as ripped DVD's etc.
    But for anything of higher resolution you'd notice a severe dip in quality.

    You'd have to lower the resolution of your screen output aswell, you'll barely be able to read the text on screen.

    Seeing as you have no S-Video output, I think you can get a VGA to s-video conversion box. Not 100% how they'd perform, but you could give it a shot.

    Now, you may need a scart adapter that takes S-video too. but you can buy those as part of a pack in any of those cheap electric shops around or even sometimes the eurocity's.


  • #4
    Lanshane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 261 ✭✭Lanshane


    Thanks a mill for the replies. I gather that I might just be better off getting a new media player rather than getting conversion boxes/adapters etc. At least it would be compatible in the future when I get the sterlings for a new TV! It might be too much hassle trying to connect the netbook and the quality of the end result might not have been worth the effort. Cheers.


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