Good morning you sexy geeks.
I need some techy help pleeeease.

I have an Acer Aspire 3630 laptop, and I was wondering the simplest way to connect it to a television. I don't think it has a TV card, but it does have a socket for another monitor. Is there not just a simple cable that could connect the two?

Cheers
(TheColonel, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:25, 7 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Yes there is,
what connectors do you have free on your TV?
You need a cable that goes from VGA to [whatever you have free on the back of your TV]
(PsychoChomp, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:29, Reply)

I've got a spare scart on the back,
and the 3 seperate colours free on the front (the two stereo and the the video ones that are like a scart split i think).

Aha, VGA to scart cable. Is it that simple?
(TheColonel, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:38, Reply)

Yep!
www.amazon.co.uk/Hama-SCART-To-VGA-cable/dp/B0002W69MY
( Cawl, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:40, Reply)

I've never seen a laptop without some sort of external display connector.
Even 15 year olds have S-Video.

I'ld say, with the way technology is going, at least in the UK, streaming off the internet would get the result you want.

You can get USB Video-in Cards, in my experiance, they're not very good, but my experiance is very limited. If you're going to get one, get one with at least two tuners, so you can record'n'watch at the same time.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:40, Reply)

MONG !
I just re-read that.

If you have a VGA and [most flatscreen tellys], you can put two and two together, but sound doesn't seem to carry with that.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:43, Reply)

If your telly doesn't have a VGA (sometimes called "PC INPUT"), your laptop might have S-Video.
S-Video is round with 5 pins.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 10:44, Reply)

so is S Video the same as SVHS?



EDIT: Just wikipedia'd it, same connectors apparently.

Cheers for your help, all 3 of you. I shall name my first born Kachompgonz
(TheColonel, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:09, Reply)