Outting Computer to TV - Iam a noob in need of help

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I bought this thing where on one side is rca cables that plug into tv and on the other side there is an svideo cable and a audio cable that plugs into the computer. When computer is on i plugged them in and was fooling around with the display ooptions and what not, but im new to this and my resolution doesnt seem that good on my tv and its in BLACK AND WHITE!! thats my biggest problem because i was going to wacth some movies on my tv from pc. Son if anyone could help that would be great. I have a 19" lcd monitor tats pluuged into pc with dvi cable.

Thanks

[edDV]

Need model numbers for "this thing" and your display card.

[MJA]

Nvidia 7300LE

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i have a 7300LE came stock with my pc and

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewi...4003&rd=1&rd=1

"the thing" ^^

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yea i cant find a model number, sorry

[JohnnyMalaria]

I think you have bought something that is too good to be true.

Unless the cable has some electronics built in, you can't simply go from S-video to composite.

This company claims to have cables that do that:

http://www.svideo.com/svideorca.html

and they have a warning:

"Beware of chinese imitations that use bulky cable and mumbo jumbo advertising hype."

(According to this site, you can simply put a capacitor in series with the chroma signal to generate a composite signal.)

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I think you have bought something that is too good to be true.

Unless the cable has some electronics built in, you can't simply go from S-video to composite.

This company claims to have cables that do that:

http://www.svideo.com/svideorca.html

and they have a warning:

"Beware of chinese imitations that use bulky cable and mumbo jumbo advertising hype."

(According to this site, you can simply put a capacitor in series with the chroma signal to generate a composite signal.)

well the thing is im getting a video signal but its just that it is black and white, thats mmy main concern

[edDV]

"RCA" connection (yellow) cannot handle audio. Does not make sense.

Are you sure you aren't connecting to the F cable connection?

[edDV]

S-video to composite can be done but no audio is involved.

First choice, find the cable that came with the card. It will provide composite output from pins 8 to ground.
http://www.technick.net/public/code/cp_dpage.php?aiocp_dp=pinconvid_minidin9

If you only have the S-Video cable, use an adapter like this to sum luma and chroma

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you guys are thinking about something else, i already have audio running on my pc speakers.... i never said ANYTHING about audio but ok

the video that is showing on my tv is just black and white, i just need it to be color

[edDV]

I bought this thing where on one side is rca cables that plug into tv and on the other side there is an svideo cable and a audio cable that plugs into the computer.

[JohnnyMalaria]

well the thing is im getting a video signal but its just that it is black and white, thats mmy main concern

That's what I meant to say. If you have a cheap imitation of the cable that I linked above, you will only get black and white.

Without some electronics, you cannot simply go from S-video to composite and get the color. You'll only get the black and white.

It seems that you can buy cables that put a capacitor inside that does a crude conversion, but not perfect.

I suspect you need to send the cable back to the eBay seller and get one from the other company.

However, I doubt the quality can be as good as using a "proper" circuit to do the conversion.