S-Video to Scart

by BBQ • 22 Oct 2008, 00:11 • Journals
All hail mighty all knowing crossfire community,


I want to start using my TV (scart only) to watch movies from my laptop.

If I buy an S-Video to Scart cable (as shown below) will it work just like that?

image: scrt2sv

Since I'm using an external monitor at my laptop already (Iiyama 454) I don't think laptop settings will be the problem, or will it be?

Do I need to buy some extra hardware (poor student :<) or will using just 1 cable be sufficient? Is it even possible to do this or?

Thanks
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Hexagon 22 Oct 2008, 01:37
it will work... It will only transfer video signal though
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BBQ 22 Oct 2008, 01:39
got surround set on laptop so np :) thanks!
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Hexagon 22 Oct 2008, 01:41
Then you're all set, you should know that s-vid is one of the worst ways ever to transfer video signals, but hey you prolly aint got no 50" plasma with only scart on it :p
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peoples 22 Oct 2008, 08:18
What are the choices here? Composite or S-Video - S-Video is far better. RGB? Doable, but needs skills / knowledge / tweaking.

Next up would be component, and then all the digital signal transferring methods like HDMI.
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BBQ 22 Oct 2008, 14:37
i have a 42" at home but i use a VGA cable there :) am at my room at uni atm with old school big boxed tv :P
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Hexagon 22 Oct 2008, 14:54
Ah :) I'm @ 37", I use DVI
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hellgoat 22 Oct 2008, 07:54
Anything is better than s-video though. Get a component or composite cable instead.
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TosspoT 22 Oct 2008, 09:07
I've got a cable like that and it works perfectly, ignore all the svideo whiners.

HOWEVER - Invest the extra 99p and get one thats got an audio line cable on it too. Its literally just like that but with a cable that goes into your headphone socket, I dont care how good your surround laptop speakers are, they will fail! (plus ofc you can then use it on future laptops etc)

You shouldnt be paying more than £5 for this cable
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duKe_ 22 Oct 2008, 09:14
i have to agree ;€
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fred 22 Oct 2008, 09:26
if you use S-video, make sure that your TV supports S-video. otherwise the picture will be gray only.

if it doesnt you have to use composite->scart.
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