how to connect laptop without dvi?

[admin_exported]

Hi, is it possible to connect a laptop to a tv without d-sub when a laptop dont have dvi? TV set has following connectivity: Ext 1 Scart: Audio L/R CVBS in/out RGB Ext 2 Scart: Audio L/R CVBS in/out RGB S-video in Ext 3: YPbPr Ext 4: HDMI Ext 5: HDMI Front / Side connections: Audio L/R in CVBS in Headphone out S-video in USB Other connections: Analog audio Left/Right out S/PDIF in (coaxial) S/PDIF out (coaxial) i'd like to buy a set and use it also as a second monitor but dont have dvi is there any other possibility without loosing picture quality, for example using some connectors?

 

[D.J.KRIME]

You dont say what type of tv you have, is it lcd? plasma or a crt?
Anyway have a look here http://www.keene.co.uk/ as these guys have all sorts of conecteor and switch boxes to convert most signals from one type to another.

 

[Andrew Everard]

And doesn't your computer provide an S-video out? Quite a lot do. If not, then something like this might do the trick, or indeed this.

 

[Anonymous]

sorry for lack of information...
this is a LCD tv Philips 32PFL7562D, and indeed, my laptop has s-video, but doesn't it provide poor quality?
so which way would be better s-video or d-sub-->conector-->dvi?

 

[Andrew Everard]

D-sub - DVI should be better, but it depends what quality you want from your computer. S-vid would certainly be the least expensive way of doing it...

 

[Anonymous]

thank you Andrew for advice
I will need quality as good as possible 😉 for watching dvds, x264 hd rips and games
I'd rather pay more for d-sub - dvi option than s-vid and loosing quality

a little bit of googling and i found those:

cable
and
connector

can those be of help?