can I send tv out from my notebook to an analog tv?

[keith007]

Id love to send my computer output to my tv so my friend and can get some retro gaming happening.

I have asus f6s notebook.
It has a Nvida 9300m chip set inside.
Externally I have an HDMI port, vga port, USB a PCMCIA Smart slot.

(Ive found an 80 dollar solution but I wonder if there is a cheaper way ;) )

[twocs]

I was wondering if you're in the US, could you use your $40 coupon to buy a digital-to-analog HDD converter that also accepted VGA input?

And if you're not in the US, you might like to take advantage of the $40 coupon, also. "How?" you might ask. Simple: As customers in the US are able to purchase two such boxes with a $40 rebate, and these boxes are generally over $50 in cost, they may purchase the converters with the rebates and resell them on ebay with prices between $10-$30. http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_nkwZtvQ20converterQ20boxQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ _mdoZQQ_sopZ12

Check to see that your signal outs match the box you buy, of course, unless you wanna hack the digital-to-analog box, which will be the DIY fun for 2009.

[tokenuser]

does the tv have an HDMI port?

[keith007]

unfortunately tv is too old and Im not in the US.

:(

[tokenuser]

What inputs does the TV have ...

Antenna?
S-Video?
Video in RCA (plus left/right) jacks?
Scart Plug (its a Euro thng)?

[keith007]

only component (yellow wire) and coax

[tokenuser]

What you have is composite video.
There are USB adapters out there, but they are for composite input, not output (used for grabbing video from camcorders and such).

The $80 solution you found I am guessing takes a VGA signal and converts it to a composite analogue signal. There are a number of boxes out there that do that, and they are all in the $65-150 range.

I suspect that what you have found is going to be as good as it gets.

[keith007]

ya that is what I was thinking.
Just trying to save a few bucks.

Thanks :)