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Ok.... so here's the problem- my video card has an s-video output.... the tv i have is a little older and it doesn't have an s-video input. i went looking and some dude at futureshop told me i couldn't connect them.... - thing is he wasn't entirely convincing that he actually knew. anyone know if making a connection is possible between the s-video and the ... whats it called?- the yellow video input thingy on my tv?
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Yes.

You need a Svideo to RCA(composite) adapter.

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Places like Best Buy also sell A/V switchers that have converters in them as well. The start around $20us on up...
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Tributary (I think spelling is right) makes some good cables for this. Hell, if you lived closer, I would make you 1 and drop it off to you. If you are looking for quality, DO NOT buy a cheap cable or go with what IDO mentioned.
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I wouldn't recommend the converter if he is worried about quality, but if his TV doesn't have S-Video then I don't think it would matter much.
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With the type of TV he has he's not too worried about picture quality. Either option will work for him, so all he has to do is pick the one he wants to go with. Good luck and let us know how it works out.
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With some of the converters that are out there, you would never know the difference. We have actually used quite a few in the theaters we have installed and they work pretty good. But then again, you get what you pay for.
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I agree, Death.

I guess it comes down to the age old argument of Cost vs. Quality.......
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You could always pickup a cheap VCR with SVHS and use it as a converter to your TV, FYI.
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Cheapest VCR like that is still around $80 USD, so going the converter route would be easier on the wallet. Now what he should do is upgrade his TV. I mean seriously, only my parents have a TV that old. Who now doesn't have a TV with at least an S-Video input? Just busting your chops :mrgreen:
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Hears another Idea. Buy yourself a nice 60" plasma ($15,000) and a 50' VGA cable ($100-$200) and do it right the first time. Picture=(priceless).
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No, not plasma. He'll be replacing it in about 5 years after it burns out. Take Taz and my route, 65" Mitsubishi 16:9... oooohhhhh... or go the projector route with a 120" screen, VERY impressive there with the right projector/screen combo. You know what, fuck it. Just go by an IMAX theater :mrgreen:
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To say a plasma burns out in 5 years is wrong! Plasmas have a half life of 30,000 hours, just like a regular tv. But I agree on the theater :)
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Not really wrong at all. If you do any kind of regular TV viewing, then a 5-8 year life span is normal. Plus the fact that he'll tack on all the computer time. From all the information that I've read, Sound and Vision Mag and http://www.soundstagenetwork.com/, plasma just isn't there yet. Yeah, the picture is really good, it's slim, but that's about it. Blacks still aren't there and 5-8 year life span. Oh, btw, my parents still have a Toshiba 9" color TV that they bought brand new when I was born, 29 years ago, that still looks great, color, brightness, contrast wise, and works fine. You will not see a plasma do that.

Now if all you're going to do is watch the occasional movie on it, a true home theater type set up, then yeah, it'll last a long time. But I have yet to find the person that dosen't want to show that baby off and uses it like a normal TV. Personally, my TV is on from about 9 in the morning till around 1am, so 16 hours a day. That doesn't count weekends and movie viewing which pushes it up even more. Over a year, with standard viewing, that's about 5840 hours, so life span of about 10 years, give or take? $15k for ten years? Not even counting the continuing upgrades, like 1080p now and whatever else they push on us, that's not a wise move imho.

Now would that stop me from selling a $15k plasma, like in your line of business? Heck no. I still gotta eat and Thowarr needs a new pair of shoes :)

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