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Posted by Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute on 05/14/07 13:12
In message news:i22f43t2n6ge84dn126h3s4kt1q4lffssv@4ax.com, The Great
Attractor sprach forth the following:
> On 13 May 2007 16:07:45 GMT, "Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute"
><nospam@whitehouse.gov> wrote:
>
>>In message news:1179068955.733131.243180@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com,
>>sprach forth the following:
>>
>>> I have connected my new HP laptop to my LCD TV, using component
>>> cables, but the image onthe TV comes out in black and white. Anyone
>>> know why and how to fix it?
>>
>>To go from VGA on your laptop to an HDTV, you need FIVE connectors on
>>the TV end - RGBHV (Red, Green, Blue, Horizontal, Vertical).
>>
>>Do your laptop and HDTV both have S-Video connectors? You might want
>>to try that first (yes I know that would be lower resolution, but
>>something is better than nothing).
>
> Are there VGA to HDMI cables about?
No. VGA is analog. HDMI is digital.
> What he should really look at is making sure he got the right cable to
> the right location on the HDTV, and NO, there are quite a few HDTVs
> that have component inputs that consist of ONLY three connections.
Such TVs will not accept a signal from a PC via the 3-component connection.
Many HDTVs have VGA inputs. If the OP can't get the connection going via
the VGA-to-5-RCA cable he may need to consider buying a new TV.
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