DeadlyNader Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Hey guys, Unfortuneatly I do not get cable in my room, cause we do not have enough boxes. I rarely watch T.V anyway though, except for 24!, and would love to watch IPTV on my Television. I saw the newest Eps. of Hak5 and was wondering if I can still do it without a cable box? DO i just have to take an rf modulator and run the video from computer out to the rf modulator and then run the cable from the modulator to my tv... Is it that easy? -Eric Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 You guys got SCART over there? At one point I had a old WinXP Pro box hooked up to a TV set via S-Video -> SCART. Its pretty much plug and play, worked like a charm and if you only have one PC & TV it works so well. Total cost... about £5 for the cable and a s-video to SCART convertor. Battlefield 2 on a 30" TV? Priceless... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyNader Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 Right now I have this old laptop andone tv and there right next to each other... could I use your method to hook my laptop to the tv (soon i will have my gaming rig to a nice big screen), What exactly do I need for your method? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kYd Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I'm trying to do the same thing for my laptop. I don't have an S-video port tho, only DVI. Is there a way of connecting DVI->Composite or DVI->Scart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyNader Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 there has to be a way, I dont kow if it will work though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kYd Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 A bit of googling found me this: http://www.cableuniverse.co.uk/catalog/ind...11df8d8d3aa5957 I'm thinking of getting it, if theres no alternative way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Right now I have this old laptop andone tv and there right next to each other... could I use your method to hook my laptop to the tv (soon i will have my gaming rig to a nice big screen), What exactly do I need for your method? http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcables/SC301.html Something like that, S-video on end, scart on the other. Plug it in and set up your 2nd monitor/TV via the display properties. Takes seconds. But you'll need a TV with SCART on it. I'm trying to do the same thing for my laptop.I don't have an S-video port tho, only DVI. Is there a way of connecting DVI->Composite or DVI->Scart? Not sure, i assume they must exist. Try your local audio/video shops & random weird electronics shops (every town has one). Or you could make one: http://www.e.kth.se/~pontusf/vga2scart.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyNader Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 My T.V. is not that old maybe a year or two and it has the cables (yellow white n red ), but my ps2 is hooked into that, I'm thinking I will just use the s video out to the rf modulator and then the coax cable out, seems easy enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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