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Video Display problems!!!! Help!

DJEyecon 5:38 AM - 29 September, 2009
So my laptop has 2 video outs. HDMI, and a VGA. The projector at the club I work at is a little older and has RCA inputs and an S-Video input. So I ordered 4 VGA adapters (I ordered 4 just to have a few extras). On one side you have a male VGA plug to go into the laptop. On the other you have a single video RCA, and an S-Video plug. When I come out of the HDMI to my tv at home, the extended display is great. When I come out of the VGA with a VGA cable, the display is great. When I try to use the adapter, either with S-Video or the RCA, I get no picture at all! I have an HD ATI Video Card. When I have the HDMI plugged in or the VGA cable plugged in, the computer will recognize the "monitor" which is the tv. When I use the VGA adapter, the computer detects a signal there, but it just calls it a "default VGA monitor". I've tried all types of resolutions and refresh rates. Does anyone have any idea what I can do to make the adapter work? Any comments are appreciated!

Thanks
DJEyecon 6:09 AM - 29 September, 2009
Did some research....

"You might be wondering why you need an active converter such as this box as opposed to a simple passive VGA to composite cable. The answer is that VGA and composite video are two completely different formats requiring the use of an active conversion. This means that the picture that comes out of the converter is going to be slightly different than the picture that came in."

Anyone know where to get a decent vga to tv converter?
DJEyecon 7:28 AM - 29 September, 2009
sewelldirect.com

I guess this can be locked now, lol. I'm going to order one tomorrow.