- Mar 20, 2000
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I would like to hook up a Toshiba A135-S4527 laptop (Vista) to a Panasonic TH50PX75U TV to watch videos. The laptop has a VGA socket. The TV has HDMI ports and whole bunch of component ports but no VGA. Googling this, I am coming up with some options:
1. Use S-Video but quality may be poor. Both have S-Video ports. I could not get this to work<< may need to configure the laptop for two displays.
2. Use a VGA to 5 components cable << has anyone actually got this to work.
3. Use a scan converter box. Now these range from 50$ at monoprice to 125+ at converters.tv or sewelldirect.com.
4. Then there are all kinds of USB to VGA/DVI/HDMI converters.
I looking for recommendations on the best price/pix quality. I dont intend to use the TV as the primary monitor, but merely view home videos. The kid's xbox360 connects to it fine with the RYW cable combo.
Thanks
1. Use S-Video but quality may be poor. Both have S-Video ports. I could not get this to work<< may need to configure the laptop for two displays.
2. Use a VGA to 5 components cable << has anyone actually got this to work.
3. Use a scan converter box. Now these range from 50$ at monoprice to 125+ at converters.tv or sewelldirect.com.
4. Then there are all kinds of USB to VGA/DVI/HDMI converters.
I looking for recommendations on the best price/pix quality. I dont intend to use the TV as the primary monitor, but merely view home videos. The kid's xbox360 connects to it fine with the RYW cable combo.
Thanks