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Diabhal Beag · 01-01-2012 10:52PM

parker kent wrote: »

Think of Aidan McGeady and Iarla Tannion as similar to Raw. About 3 out of 10 performances/episodes are brilliant and you wonder why it is not always like that. Then when you get one of the horrible ones, you wonder they he/it exists at all :pac:

Perfect post.

GTR63 · 01-01-2012 10:58PM

parker kent wrote: »

Think of Aidan McGeady and Iarla Tannion as similar to the Galway senior hurling team. About 5/6 out of 10 performances are brilliant and you wonder they don't always play like that. Then when you get one of the horrible performances, you wonder they bother playing at all

FYP
F**k it say the same with Liverpool too.

Diabhal Beag · 01-01-2012 11:29PM

@Gerrybbadd on twitter is being spammed. Not sure if its Ger C or whoever.

CMpunked · 01-01-2012 11:31PM

Happy New Year marks!

Charisteas · 02-01-2012 11:14AM

RIP Gary Ablett

GTR63 · 02-01-2012 05:27PM

Steve Kean and Alex McLeish put firmly back into their place today, that didn't take long. I'll die of embarrassment if Liverpool spend £25m on Darren Bent.

Charisteas · 02-01-2012 07:24PM

Good God almighty Arsenal have been a shower of $hite this Christmas period.

Diabhal Beag · 02-01-2012 08:51PM

Nice to see ol'BobbyZamora playing well

gimmick · 03-01-2012 04:23PM

Any of the techie lads help me here. I want to hook my laptop up to my TV. I need a VGA/HDMI converter. Would this thing be good enough? Or can someone point me in the right direction which is not too dear?

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/New-VGA-3-5mm-Audio-input-HDMI-output-HD-Video-Converter-Box-Adatper-1080P-/230687831829?pt=UK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL&hash=item35b610f715

Cherry_Cola · 03-01-2012 04:30PM

gimmick wrote: »

Any of the techie lads help me here. I want to hook my laptop up to my TV. I need a VGA/HDMI converter. Would this thing be good enough? Or can someone point me in the right direction which is not too dear?

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/New-VGA-3-5mm-Audio-input-HDMI-output-HD-Video-Converter-Box-Adatper-1080P-/230687831829?pt=UK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL&hash=item35b610f715

Yeah that should do the job nicely. However if you require audio from it aswell then you'll need a 3.5mm male to male audio lead too, but you can pick these up for next to nothing in maplins etc.

gimmick · 03-01-2012 04:39PM

Thanks. I refuse to buy anything in Maplins (overpriced thieves), but I have my old PC speakers set up under the TV anyway for the sound.

jaykhunter · 03-01-2012 04:40PM

gimmick wrote: »

Any of the techie lads help me here. I want to hook my laptop up to my TV. I need a VGA/HDMI converter. Would this thing be good enough? Or can someone point me in the right direction which is not too dear?

I'd wager dollars to doughnuts your laptop and TV both have a VGA input -- check out the side/back of your TV.

Look for this on both your lappie and TV

You'll just need a VGA (to VGA) cable (looks like this)

make sure to get a really long one. Like 5m.

It supports up to 1536p (above 1080p) so don't worry about quality - if someone tells u it's not HD; it's in their head. Seriously it looks great.

You'll also need an audio cable though. For some reason even though I connect my laptop to the TV via HDMI, it still needs audio. Although the Xbox HDMI does audio and video...

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That's a 3.5mm Stereo Male to Two RCA Male Splitter Cable. On the LHS that's a headphone jack (on your laptop) and on the RHS is the left and right audio jacks that go into the back or side of your TV.

It goes into the "Audio In" on your TV

TV%20Audio%20&%20RCA%20Jacks.jpg

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so in summary you need :
- make sure your laptop and TV have a VGA input
- get a long VGA cable
- get a long 3.5mm Stereo Male to Two RCA Male Splitter Cable

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Cherry_Cola · 03-01-2012 04:57PM

gimmick wrote: »

Thanks. I refuse to buy anything in Maplins (overpriced thieves), but I have my old PC speakers set up under the TV anyway for the sound.

Yeah they're thieves alright. I was gonna say PC speakers would be the job too.

Jay is right aswell in that most modern TV's have a VGA input so check that out first as it would save ya the hassle of buying the converter.

Charisteas · 03-01-2012 05:27PM

I hook my laptop to my TV using a S-Video cable, but that's because my TV is pretty old and doesn't have VGA connection, only Scart.

gimmick · 03-01-2012 06:07PM

jaykhunter wrote: »

I'd wager dollars to doughnuts your laptop and TV both have a VGA input -- check out the side/back of your TV.

so in summary you need :
- make sure your laptop and TV have a VGA input
- get a long VGA cable
- get a long 3.5mm Stereo Male to Two RCA Male Splitter Cable

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Cheers Jay, but the issue is my Laptop does not have a HDMI output. Some of my more technically minded buddies have tried with a simple VGA/HDMI cable and it just does not work. Ugh.

jaykhunter · 03-01-2012 06:32PM

gimmick wrote: »

Cheers Jay, but the issue is my Laptop does not have a HDMI output. Some of my more technically minded buddies have tried with a simple VGA/HDMI cable and it just does not work. Ugh.

Hmm. Sorry just trying to figure this out
does your laptop have a VGA slot?
does your TV have a vga slot?

see if ur tv has a hdmi slot it's v likely it has a vga one too. if not then we'll have to think of a way around it.

GTR63 · 03-01-2012 07:16PM

As a Liverpool fan i'm optimistic tonite. Suarez is out and is out for 8 games. Ah Cock
At least Carroll is playing :-(
Not even Claire Rourke can please this liverpool fan

gimmick · 03-01-2012 07:41PM

jaykhunter wrote: »

Hmm. Sorry just trying to figure this out
does your laptop have a VGA slot?
does your TV have a vga slot?

see if ur tv has a hdmi slot it's v likely it has a vga one too. if not then we'll have to think of a way around it.

I think my laptop has a VGA slot, yes. Looks like where a joystick would be plugged in. But it does not have a HDMI slot

I dont think my TV has a VGA slot. It does have a HDMI one as its a HD ready.

jaykhunter · 03-01-2012 07:58PM

If you can find out the serial # i can check it. But if that doesn't work; then ya vga-hdmi converter; check ebay and amazon.co.uk first though

gimmick · 03-01-2012 08:10PM

F6LJWJ1

jaykhunter · 03-01-2012 08:20PM

ok sorry what brand is it?

gimmick · 03-01-2012 08:23PM

Dell

jaykhunter · 03-01-2012 08:36PM

i can't find it. Well best bet is to see if u can look at the sides and back of the TV to see if there's a VGA port -- esp if it's Dell i'd be surprised if there wasn't one. But if there isn't, then VGA/HDMI converter is your best bet.

Jaysus, i was shopping around there and it isn't cheap. like at least 40 pounds. This is the cheapest one i could find. Worth looking on ebay more though : here

Make sure not to get the cable -- that's for other devices, not laptop to TV!

GTR63 · 03-01-2012 10:07PM

Well thats 90+ minutes of my life i'd like back. Utterly pathetic losing 3-0 to a side who never left 1st gear and never had to. I LOL'd when Kompany got MOTM for outmarking the worst buy in the history of currency. If Carroll and Downing weren't English i'd love to know how Sky would truly feel about them.

cena · 04-01-2012 12:33AM

So lads car insurances is due tomorrow. Such a bad time for this right Christmas.

I need help should. What should I pick full comp or 3rd party. Trying to save money for the states.

CMpunked · 04-01-2012 12:41AM

cena wrote: »

So lads car insurances is due tomorrow. Such a bad time for this right Christmas.

I need help should. What should I pick full comp or 3rd party. Trying to save money for the states.

How much is your car worth, how many years no claims have you/penalty points, are you full license, how long if you are?

cena · 04-01-2012 12:50AM

CMpunked wrote: »

How much is your car worth, how many years no claims have you/penalty points, are you full license, how long if you are?

5yrs ncb. Full license 4 yrs. penalty points are meant to be gone since dec put it got no letter from the cops yet. It's been 3yrs now. Not a clue how much the car is worth. It's a 02 putno

CMpunked · 04-01-2012 01:39AM

cena wrote: »

5yrs ncb. Full license 4 yrs. penalty points are meant to be gone since dec put it got no letter from the cops yet. It's been 3yrs now. Not a clue how much the car is worth. It's a 02 putno

Youve been driving long enough that they shouldnt make much of a difference between TPFAT and fully comp.
Now, if you were me, 23 only recently passed test with no immediate driving experience, your looking at the difference of about 400 quid.
But obviously theres more risk of me going out and wiping out the car than someone with experience, like yourself. Just for the record, my insurance is 170 a month.

But the footnote is really you will only know if you ask for a quote. How much is your insurance at the moment, if you dont mind me asking?
You might be better off just going with 3rd party cos 02 puntos arent worth too much these days. So if you were in an accident thats your fault, the excess would probably cover the car.

cena · 04-01-2012 10:22AM

CMpunked wrote: »

Youve been driving long enough that they shouldnt make much of a difference between TPFAT and fully comp.
Now, if you were me, 23 only recently passed test with no immediate driving experience, your looking at the difference of about 400 quid.
But obviously theres more risk of me going out and wiping out the car than someone with experience, like yourself. Just for the record, my insurance is 170 a month.

But the footnote is really you will only know if you ask for a quote. How much is your insurance at the moment, if you dont mind me asking?
You might be better off just going with 3rd party cos 02 puntos arent worth too much these days. So if you were in an accident thats your fault, the excess would probably cover the car.

it was 650 till they rang me yesterday and asked them to go cheaper got it down to 545. I asked if i could pay monthly and the guy said it works out more doing it that way

CMpunked · 05-01-2012 12:11AM

cena wrote: »

it was 650 till they rang me yesterday and asked them to go cheaper got it down to 545. I asked if i could pay monthly and the guy said it works out more doing it that way

its usually about 8% more if you do it that way.

So €545 x 8% = €44(ish). Altogether about €589.
€58.9 over 10 months or €49 over 12.

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