dantheman98765 asked:


I have an S video cable and I have a ton of movies on my laptop but I dont know how to set up the S video settings on my laptop so that it will play movies onto my tv. Does anyone know what settings and how I change them on my laptop, so that I can transfer movies onto a big screen via S Video cable? I have Windows XP

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Flash Funk asked:


Can I get better than RF (coaxil) quality to my HDTV since my cable box is connected to the wall with an RF cable. For example, will an s-video cable from the box to the TV make a difference? Can the quality of the RF cable from the wall to the digital box affect picture quality?
No HD box…
No HD service, only ouputs choices on my cable box are coax in and out, composite out, and s-video out (which I am currenty using now). I know I cant get HD picture (regardless of cables) from my cable box, I just want the best available to me now.
I guess what I really want to know is am I getting s-video (better) quality or am I limited to the bandwitdh of the imcoming coax cable?

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Seb asked:


I have a composite video cable to connect my TV and my PVR. I bought it 4 years ago. Today, it looks like it’s not working properly anymore. The colors are all faded. When I replace it with a RCA cable, colors are fine. I was wondering: what are the odds of a compositive video cable breaking down? I thought it would work a lifetime.

Bird N asked:


my dad just got a new TV and I hooked up his DVD player using the standard component cables (white red yellow). Should he use an s-video cable instead? will it give him a better picture when watching Movies?

TVhelpee asked:


I am not the most technical person in the world. I have a TV with no red, yellow, white cable(I guess the official title is audio/video cable) outlet. I also have a DVR cable box, a playstation 2 and a DVD player as well as a VCR that does have audio/video cable outlets(one on the front and 2 in the back). I am trying to hook them all up through my RF Modulator and S Video Switcher so I don’t have to keep switching cables to go back and forth from each device. The DVD player doesn’t need to be hooked up if it can’t be. I had this done at an old apt. and believe the VCR with all of the aud/vid outlets played a huge role but I may be wrong. Any help someone can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Is there some benefit (or loss of picture quality) that I will get from not connecting the single yellow video cable between a non-blu ray dvd player and a 1080p LCD HDTV, the one that came with the DVD player is way too short. I have the HDMI cable connecting the two already.

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shockdoctor92 asked:


i just bought an s video cable and when i hooked it up i clicked the button on my dell xps m1530 (fn+f8) and i get a flash of picture on my tv for a sec but then it goes blank. everytime i hit the button to transfer to the tv i get a flash of my comp screen and then nothing. what am i doing wrong?

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yezdi asked:


I have an old TV that has only an A/V input (yellow, white) and does not have a port for the S-Video cable. In that case, how can I connect my computer (laptop) to the TV.

pcut12 asked:


I’ve tried connecting an audio rca cable from the composite video out on an old amiga and plugging it into the composite in on a tv but the whole picture is red and scrolls up and down. Not sure if there is a fault with computer or if it because of the cable.
Just to confirm, i’m talking about composite video here, whre you have 1 cable for video. Not component where where you have 3.

vhcmwashere asked:


I still want to use my old tv for gaming but i have a 360 and a ps2 but i can’t use them as they use component video and the tv only has a antenna entrance. What i was wondering is there a component video to antenna converter out there pr is my tv useless now? BTW i am aware about the dtv thing but i do own a hdtv with cable so im good tv wise.

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