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  1. Drew (or anyone else who can help me!)-

    I'm trying to figure out the best way for me to hook my laptop up to my TV so I can watch streaming sports events on it. I went to Radio Shack (terrible, I know) today, and the salesgirl tried to sell me a piece of crap converter for $100 bucks. Is there an easier way to do it?

    Here's the back of my computer:


    And the back of my TV:



    Any links to products or advice would be greatly appreciated....
  2. Radio Shack...some great experiences of no service down there.

    Now, on a Dell laptop - though it's usually all the same - to a standard fat-back TV, called a CRT, you can use an S-video cable, which is probably what she tried to sell you and would be the best idea. From the photos, it looks like you have S-video to S-video on both the TV and laptop - the small little black round connector.

    That's probably the only way to do so from looking at the back of the TV.

    As well, you need to check for the S-Video whether it has four or seven pins. If it has four pins, seven pins obviously won't work and vice versa.


  3. So S-Video is the way to go, over VGA to RCA cables? (i read online that this option would only work with HDTV, which mine is not)....Do they sell a 7pin male to 4 pin male cable?
  4. Originally posted by haytrainSo S-Video is the way to go, over VGA to RCA cables? (i read online that this option would only work with HDTV, which mine is not)....Do they sell a 7pin male to 4 pin male cable?


    Nope, just straight S-video to S-video. That looks like the go, but any good store should sell a 7-4 cable.
  5. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    Nope, just straight S-video to S-video. That looks like the go, but any good store should sell a 7-4 cable.


    Cheers....I'll head over to Best Buy tomorrow. (although I hate them almost as much as I hate Radio Shack.)
  6. Is BB like K-Mart or Target? I try not to go to them.
  7. Originally posted by drewhigginsIs BB like K-Mart or Target? I try not to go to them.


    Well, unlike K-Mart or Target, it focuses strictly on electronics and the like. Here in the US, you can buy clothes, snacks, garden supplies, and DVDs at K-Mart & Target....Best Buy doesn't carry that other stuff. Just electronics.
  8. When I come to the US...first stop is gonna be Best Buy. There's others like Big-W (kinda like Wal-Mart) where they sell lots of assorted crap, plus lots of electronics stuff.

    We've got an IKEA near AAMI Stadium where U2 played in 2006 as well. That's some scary crap in there.
  9. Originally posted by drewhigginsWhen I come to the US...first stop is gonna be Best Buy. There's others like Big-W (kinda like Wal-Mart) where they sell lots of assorted crap, plus lots of electronics stuff.

    We've got an IKEA near AAMI Stadium where U2 played in 2006 as well. That's some scary crap in there.


    I'm not going to lie.....almost my whole apartment is furnished with IKEA stuff....great place to start out when you don't have a lot of cash to spend on furniture and the like.
  10. Originally posted by haytrain[..]

    I'm not going to lie.....almost my whole apartment is furnished with IKEA stuff....great place to start out when you don't have a lot of cash to spend on furniture and the like.









    But the Sweedish Meatballs aren't too bad.

    The above photo looks like a nice little area. The bottom one does not - too bloody colorful. It's nice stuff but some of it is ridiculous.
  11. I totally agree. Some of the stuff just makes me go
  12. Originally posted by haytrainI totally agree. Some of the stuff just makes me go


    Some of the designers had the right idea. The others were either drunk or stoned (or both).

    I think we're getting off-topic just a little.
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