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[Jim Lipscombe]

:confused: Hope someone can help me. I have jusy got a computer for the first time and am quite useless with it. I would like to play dvds on it but view them on my tv as it has a larger screen and my dvd player is junk. I bought a connecting cable (s-video) with a scart adaptor only to find that my computer does not have an s-video socket! Stupid me! Is there some way of remedying this with another adaptor or do I have to buy a special graphics card thingy?

 

[Big B]

While you can buy a VGA to Compsite video...the units run around $100 from what I've seen. If all you want to do is play on the TV, there's much cheaper alternatives to that.

I don't know what PC you have, but this card should work fine, assuming you have a PCI slot available.

 

[ProcalX]

You will need a graphics card or video adapter that will provide S-Video out / in

You can either get a graphics card with s-video capabilities, OR a cheaper and more sensible option would be to get something called a TV Card :good:

Check out:
http://www.hauppauge.com

I'm not a great expert on s-video e.t.c but the TV Card may be wrong ..

Someone else will confirm for me?

 

[Big B]

They make TV tuner cards and other products to put TV on the computer. He wants to watch his DVDs on his TV.

 

[Addis]

I would just upgrade the graphics card with one with s video output but you may already have one so check.