x-series and lack of s-video out

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chap · #1 Post by **chap** » Mon May 09, 2005 6:45 pm

what are the options for tv out?

feejeean · #2 Post by **feejeean** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:27 pm

chap wrote:what are the options for tv out?

I think its on the X3 Ultrabase - I'll update when I get my laptop on Thursday

chap · #3 Post by **chap** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:44 pm

i'm pretty sure that there isn't one on it. that was the deal killer for me. thinking about going up to a t42, but that's a whole other weight class. only subnotebook with s-video that i'm considering is the fujitsu p series.

LumberJack · #4 Post by **LumberJack** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:49 pm

Hey...

NO the ultrabase does NOT have svideo out although you might be able to get another bdock which does!

I think the best you can hope for is one of those VGA to Composite / Svideo converters.. I don't think the quality is too great but may be ok to simply watch dvds on a regular TV. otherwise a USB TV out adapter.

LJ

feejeean · #5 Post by **feejeean** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:00 pm

..ok ... that answers that

- what do you need it for?

chap · #6 Post by **chap** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:03 pm

LumberJack wrote:otherwise a USB TV out adapter.

any idea where i could get one of those?

well, i'd want to use it for watching movies. it's such a tiny laptop that it'd be so easy to carry to the tv and back again. i believe it's a nice feature to have. it comes in handy

mattfromomaha · #7 Post by **mattfromomaha** » Mon May 09, 2005 11:19 pm

VGA out to composite is a better picture anyways. Try that

LumberJack · #8 Post by **LumberJack** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:36 am

Agreed... and unless you have a high def, or nice LCD TV then it should look ok on the TV for movies...

Oh btw if you find a good place to get VGA to composite converters post it up here because I think therere are probably a few people interesting in those things

LJ

hkhalil · #9 Post by **hkhalil** » Mon May 16, 2005 6:50 pm

I haven't tried it myself, but it gives you an idea of what's out there

http://www.keyzone.com/converters/grand-tvview.htm

Edit: The new version:

http://www.keyzone.com/converters/grand-hv.htm

hkhalil

elmalloc · #10 Post by **elmalloc** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:31 pm

i had fujitsu lifebook 7010 and it has everything, but it's too [censored] thick. the thing is 1.4"+. That's not so "portable" to me anymore, even thogh it's tiny.

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