VGA to RCA/S-Video HELP!

[eadavis]

Hey there,

I am certainly a newbie to this but here's my dilemma.

I bought the MLB.TV package on MLB.com, which allows me to watch baseball games on my laptop. I have a strong connection and they run fairly smoothly. Here's my issue. I have a fairly small screen, apx. 13 inches on my Sony Vaio SZ series laptop, running Windows Vista Business. I have a very nice, 30 inch television that I would love to hook my laptop up to. This would enable me to watch my baseball games on my television, through the streaming MLB.TV.

But, my laptop has no S-Video slots. So, I can't just hook up an S-Video cable. I also found that my TV does not have a VGA spot. It's got the red, yellow, white cable slots (RCA I believe?) and an S-Video spot. Is there anything I can do?

The TV is a Memorex, fairly old, but it's got a good screen. I can't afford a brand new TV with the VGA spot. I looked into getting the VGA to RCA/S-video cords but I hear that isn't enough. I need some sort of adapter for my video card? Ugh, I have no idea. I'm not sure what my video card is. Whatever comes standard with the SZ laptop. It has two, an integrated one and I THINK an NVidia one.

Can I do anything?

[eadavis]

I saw this component in another thread.

http://sewelldirect.com/PC-to-TV-Converter.asp?altProduct=SW-4262

Would that work for me?

[eadavis]

I also found this product on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PC-Notebook-VGA-to-AV-S-Video-TV-Converter-Switch-Box-1_W0QQitemZ2...QQcmdZViewItem

It's cheaper with free shipping. Would something like that work?

[MOVIEGEEK]

I also found this product on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PC-Notebook-VGA-to-AV-S-Video-TV-Converter-Switch-Box-1_W0QQitemZ2...QQcmdZViewItem

It's cheaper with free shipping. Would something like that work?

It's the same as the sewell product but it's shipped from Hong Kong and they only accept PayPal...buyer beware.

[eadavis]

So, would these products work, given my situation?

[eadavis]

Does anyone know?

[jagabo]

Yes, those type of VGA to s-video scan converters should work. Note that the cheaper ones require the VGA output be set at 1024x768 or less. For example, the device eadavis linked to says:

Input VGA Resolution 640x480 @ 60/ 72/ 75/ 85Hz , 800x600 @ 60/ 75Hz, 1024x768 @ 60/ 75Hz

So you might have to change your resolution (leaving you with a degraded desktop) to watch on TV.