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From: yaugin on 6 Jul 2010 01:35
On Jul 5, 6:01 pm, david <n...(a)nospam.com> wrote:

> So there, if you bought it, then you should have read the fine print
> first.  

Thanks for the accusation, but this fine print was non-existent on the
ebay auction where I bought it from. It's also not the same item as is
evident from the picture. Maybe you should take your own advice.
From: yaugin on 6 Jul 2010 02:23
On Jul 5, 9:43 pm, Paul <nos...(a)needed.com> wrote:
> To drive a TV set, with composite, requires an interleaved frame
> format for the signal. That kind of "passive" cable, requires
> that the video card have a special output mode, just to drive
> the cable. Some old laptops supported that, but I'm still
> waiting for an example of it actually working.
>
> Ebay and other sources, sell a ton of those cables, and the
> landfill sites must be full of them. For most people, a cable
> of that particular design, is a waste of money. You need
> documentation for your computer or its video card, where
> that specific operating mode is mentioned, before you
> buy that cable.

I dug out an old laptop to try this, it's a Compaq Presario 700. It
supports S-Video out through an actual S-Video port in the back and I
suppose it would make more sense to have that than expect people to
use funky adapters. So that would be another reason that the cable
probably isn't too useful. But if it is technically possible to drive
the signal through VGA then I guess it's a wash. Will just have to be
more wary about this sort of thing.
From: Mark Opolo on 7 Jul 2010 01:38

"yaugin" <yaugin(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Jul 5, 6:01 pm, david <n...(a)nospam.com> wrote:

> So there, if you bought it, then you should have read the fine print
> first.

Thanks for the accusation, but this fine print was non-existent on the
ebay auction where I bought it from. It's also not the same item as is
evident from the picture. Maybe you should take your own advice.
>

so why not ask the ebay seller....


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