How hard is tv instead of monitor connection?

dsr at tao.merseine.nu dsr at tao.merseine.nu
Sun Oct 5 00:20:44 EDT 2003


On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 09:05:26PM -0400, Duane Morin wrote:
> My old laptop hasn't got tv out, but it's got a port for connecting an
> external monitor.  Is it possible at all that a single device/cable exists
> that would enable me to pipe output to my tv?  If this was a full
> workstation I could probably add a video card that'd do it but my options
> are limited with the laptop.

Yes. The device is a VGA-NTSC scan converter, and they range in price
from about $70 to $300. If you just want low-res output to the TV, the
cheap ones will do. If you want to do production quality work, you need
the high-end ones.

-dsr-



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