Laptop VGA-out to old (not-HDTV) TV S-video in

[ahwitz]

Is this possible? I have a spare VGA port on my laptop, and I currently have it connected to a second monitor. I have a TV here as well, with a single aux red/white/yellow port (which is S-Video and stereo audio, and is not RGB - I don't know the abbreviation for this). I was wondering if there was any way to connect the two and had no idea where to look. Thanks for any help you can give.

[mazinz]

I cannot vouch for any of them, but you will probably need to look for something like this:

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=vga+to+rca&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=CpKf...b4f7af4a13aa89

[Case]

The red/white/yellow ports are called RCA composite video, where yellow is the video signal and red/white the audio. RCA is the plug shape, not the signal. S-Video has a different, 4-pin, connector.
The composite video signal is quite different from VGA, so you need a converter box to connect the laptop and tv.
Not to be confused with RCA component video, which uses 3 video plugs (green, blue and red for Y,Pb,Pr signals).

[edDV]

Is this possible? I have a spare VGA port on my laptop, and I currently have it connected to a second monitor. I have a TV here as well, with a single aux red/white/yellow port (which is S-Video and stereo audio, and is not RGB - I don't know the abbreviation for this). I was wondering if there was any way to connect the two and had no idea where to look. Thanks for any help you can give.

You need a VGA to S-Video scan converter.
http://www.tkk.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/vga2tv/vga_to_tv_techniques.html

You don't say if you want NTSC or PAL encoding.
http://www.connectworld.net/cgi-bin/ccc/ADP5102

[jagabo]

And keep in mind that composite and s-video are low resolution compared to computer monitors. The picture will be all fuzzy. Desktop text will be nearly illegible:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/283861-VGA-to-S-video?p=1756748&viewfull=1#post1756748

[yoda313]

Desktop text will be nearly illegible:

Depends on the size of the tv.

However yes it will not look anywhere near the quality of the laptop on an analog tv. If its a flat glass tube then at least the text won't bend around the edges. if its a really old tv that has rounded edges on the corner anything like the windows toolbar will be difficult to read.

[jagabo]

Desktop text will be nearly illegible:

Depends on the size of the tv.

Not really. A bigger TV will just get you a bigger fuzzier picture.