how to output signal from laptop to TV?

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Request for Question Clarification by sycophant-ga on 06 Sep 2006 23:37 PDT

Hi, 

What model and brand laptop?

Regards,
Sycophant

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Clarification of Question by cedricwang-ga on 07 Sep 2006 18:14 PDT

My laptop is Toshiba Portege R200. Thanks!

Hi, 

Unfortunately the Toshiba Portege range of laptops seem to lack any
TV-compatible video out (many other models offer either S-Video or
Composite Video outputs from the graphics cards).

Therefore it is impossible to display the output of your laptop on a
TV without third-party hardware.

The product you require is called a Scan Converter, or often a
PC-to-Video or VGA-to-Video converter. It will take the output from a
VGA port (such as the external monitor port on your laptop) and
convert it to a TV-compatible video signal. However this method does
not offer some of the more advanced features that the TV-Out on a
video card will provide (such as TV-native resolutions and Video
Overlay). Also, to work effectively the screen resolution needs to be
quite low - while 1024x768 will normally work, it often results in
'shimmering' images. 800x600 or even 640x480 are more suitable
resolutions for TV output via scan conversion.

Links:
Google: PC-to-Video
://www.google.com/search?q=PC-to-Video

Google: VGA-to-Video
://www.google.com/search?q=VGA-to-Video

CompUSA: Scan Converters
http://www.compusa.com/products/products.asp?N=200366

Regards,
Sycophant