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#236340 - 03/10/2004 16:02 TV out dongle
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	I have a laptop that does not have a built-in TV output. Does anyone know of a USB, FireWire, or even PCMCIA dongle to provide TV output so that I can play video files onto a TV? I'd have thought that this would be easy to find, but apparently not. _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#236341 - 03/10/2004 16:48 Re: TV out dongle [Re: wfaulk]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31600 Loc: Seattle, WA	Quote: I'd have thought that this would be easy to find, but apparently not. Yeah, because it's not just an adapter plug. Converting VGA to television requires scanrate conversion and such, which is do-able but not a trivial task. And it's gotten to the point where that feature is built-in to enough video cards and laptops that it's not as huge of an issue as it used to be. And since most people needing to put computer pictures up on a bigger screen are usually doing it on conference room projectors which have VGA-in, there's not a lot of corporate push for that sort of thing. But anyway, what I think you need to be googling on is a *VGA to TV converter*. I know they exist, I have no idea how much they cost or anything. _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#236342 - 03/10/2004 17:18 Re: TV out dongle [Re: tfabris]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	I suppose VGA to TV would work, but I was thinking that there would be something that would do native NTSC. _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#236343 - 03/10/2004 18:14 Re: TV out dongle [Re: wfaulk]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31600 Loc: Seattle, WA	Right, that's called a video card with native TV-out. But you're talking about a laptop. And they don't make PCMCIA video cards, not enough bandwidth on the PCMCIA slot. Dunno about how firewire would work, I suppose that feature would exist on some video-editing-station thingamajigs, you know like the "snap" thingys... Perhaps that's the tree you should be barking up. _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#236344 - 03/10/2004 19:27 Re: TV out dongle [Re: tfabris]
webroach old hand Registered: 23/07/2003 Posts: 869 Loc: Colorado	Quote: ...And they don't make PCMCIA video cards, not enough bandwidth on the PCMCIA slot. Errrr.....no. PCMCIA Video Card Info regarding PCMCIA video cards at the Berkeley Center For Embedded Systems Design _________________________ Dave
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#236345 - 03/10/2004 19:42 Re: TV out dongle [Re: tfabris]
drakino carpal tunnel Registered: 08/06/1999 Posts: 7868	Quote: And they don't make PCMCIA video cards, not enough bandwidth on the PCMCIA slot. Out of a PCMCIA slot, probably not. Out of a modern day Zoomed Video Cardbus slot, yes.
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#236346 - 03/10/2004 19:44 Re: TV out dongle [Re: drakino]
webroach old hand Registered: 23/07/2003 Posts: 869 Loc: Colorado	Quote: Out of a PCMCIA slot, probably not. Again, I point to the first site I linked above. _________________________ Dave
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#236347 - 03/10/2004 19:50 Re: TV out dongle [Re: webroach]
drakino carpal tunnel Registered: 08/06/1999 Posts: 7868	Quote: Again, I point to the first site I linked above. Thats what I get for keeping a reply window open too long. The above linked card is a Cardbus card using Zoomed Video. As far as I know, there wasn't a 16 bit PC Card video solution. Not that lack of Cardbus or Zoomed Video support should be a problem, as every laptop worth using these days likely has it. If you start getting into 486 laptops, then it could be an issue.
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#236348 - 03/10/2004 20:01 Re: TV out dongle [Re: tfabris]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	This looks about like what I want. Even includes audio out, which is super. _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#236349 - 05/10/2004 05:53 Re: TV out dongle [Re: wfaulk]
gbeer carpal tunnel Registered: 17/12/2000 Posts: 2665 Loc: Manteca, California	Quote: This looks about like what I want. Even includes audio out, which is super. Looks like that meets your requirement. Did you intend to mirror the desktop as well? I don't think it does that. I have the Instant TV gadget. Works well hooked up to a bullet cam. _________________________ Glenn
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#236350 - 05/10/2004 06:48 Re: TV out dongle [Re: wfaulk]
g_attrill old hand Registered: 14/04/2002 Posts: 1172 Loc: Hants, UK	Otherwise this kind of thing can be had on ebay for very little money. Gareth
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#236351 - 05/10/2004 13:01 Re: TV out dongle [Re: gbeer]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	Nope. I just want to be able to play video files on the TV. My only concern is whether it'll be able to play random codecs over that link or if they'll need to be in their own format. I'll find that out before I commit. _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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