I have tried (unsuccessfully) to get my eeePC to talk to my TV using a VGA to video cable like this http://computerrack.ca/wecs.php?store=629043795&action=display&target=2509 . I'm not sure but I think the purpose of those cables may be to display TV signals on VGA monitors rather than the reverse. I'm going to try that once I get a spare VGA monitor. To get VGA output onto a TV you need a display card that supports RCA output. My laptop does this but it has a built in S-Video out interface and it works fine (at least with Windows). I also have a video card in one of my old PCs that has RCA composite out which works fine with the Windows drivers (never bothered to find the Linux ones). You really lose a lot when you take VGA (which is hi-def) and put it on a low def device like an old NTSC TV. It is suitable for movies but hard on the eyes for any office type work. I think you will need something like a converter box like http://www.amazon.ca/VGA-RCA-S-Video-Converter-Box/dp/B003ZA7Q7C/ref=pd_rhf_shvl_2 to achieve what you want (at least the reviews lead me to believe it works).
Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: sean halter <sean.hal...@gmail.com> Date: Sunday, September 4, 2011 9:37 am Subject: [clug-talk] computer to TV To: CLUG General <clug-talk@clug.ca> > Hi > > I have been trying to hook up my old EEE 1000 to my TV but have > not been > having any luck. I bought a cable that runs from the VGA > to the "S" port on > my flat screen but I can get neither video or audio. I am > running Ubuntu > 10.10. > > My other option that I was thinking of to access streaming video > from things > like CBC or CNN or whatever was one of these. > > http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/western-digital-western- > digital-tv-live-hub-media-center-1tb-wdbabz0010bbk-nesn- > wdbabz0010bbk-nesn/10155309.aspx?path=515de3b13f64a5ad66858a84598b4712en02 > > Any suggestions? >
_______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
