For starters, I can connect my laptop up to my telly with an HDMI to DVI cable.
I only see an HDMI out on my laptop and my DVD recorder isn't HD. I could have bought an HD one but the thought of the size after recording put me off. Plus I don't care if it's not HD anyway.
Any way to do it using HD cables?
Edit: Want to hook the laptop up to a telly and then record it with an external recorder (in this case a DVD recorder)
Edit again. 1 more thing; The DVD recorder has 2 HDMI slots at the back along with component slots, etc
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Last edited by xtube; 8th Aug 2010 at 19:07.
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If your laptop has VGA output you can get an inexpensive VGA to s-video/composite scan converter. HDMI/DVI to s-video/composite is much more expensive.
S-video and composite resolution is far less than any computer display. About 640x480. Desktop text will not be very readable:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/283861-VGA-to-S-video?p=1756748&viewfull=1#post1756748 -
I hate how you need this and that. I thought DVD recorders simply recorded what was on screen. I thought you just connected your DVD recorder to anything that produces a picture (IE the telly) and that would be it (IE it would record anything that produces a picture connected to it). DVD recorders really are awkward and crap and a complete waste of money. Or are they deliberately designed this way for legal reasons? I've got enough cables as it is man!
An old VCR is better!
Edit: You go out and buy a DVD recorder (it says recorder!!) and yet you have to buy these weird cables just to record things!Last edited by xtube; 8th Aug 2010 at 21:27.
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DVD recorders only record standard definition video (much like a VCR), not high definition video or computer output. DVD only supports standard definition too.
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SNES was standard definition and used the same standard def cables as other standard def devices.
Last edited by jagabo; 9th Aug 2010 at 00:10.
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What about usb? My DVD recorder has 1 usb slot. Is there any way I might be able to capture the computer screen that way?
Edit: It has 2 ways of connecting to a PC, a small usb and the normal usb.Last edited by xtube; 11th Aug 2010 at 12:57.
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