I hooked an S-VGA cord to my computer and then to my new tv. Is there a difference between S-VGA and just VGA? The tv screen just says "No Signal"
Just a thought. The "S Video" started out as S-VHS. It's not the same critter as Super VGA.
As they used to say PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms.
Hi. The best way to hook your computers display to your LCD screen will be to use the VGA input socket. If your video card can support both S-video input and VGA, you can use either one but, the VGA is best for optimal resolution. This is the easy way to do this. Step one, connect the VGA cable to the computers video card and then, run the other end of this same cable to the VGA input slot on the LCD screen.Step 2, next you will make sure that the LCD's input selection is selected to show what is being transferred from the CPU video card by using the input button on the lcd remote control. The lcd(your tv) should be on VGA or PC input signal. Step 3, now, you Will have to also make sure that your video card is set to transfer this signal as well by pulling up your video cards software window and switch to the proper options. once this is done, you should get a signal. Be sure to use the VGA input/output ports on both the lcd television and your cpu for optimal transfer of the video stream. Here is a pic of your back panel. use the input port labeled I for good PC input quality.
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Thank you Muchaco for you response. I'm not at home so I don't have my tv and computer info but I just bought this Proscan tv about a month ago. LCD/HDTV/DVD-Combo. My computer is about six months old and is a Toshiba. One of the reasons I wanted this tv is because I am supposed to hook my computer to it. But so far I just get a blank screen with a message that says No Signal.
S-VGA or S-Video? What kind and model of computer? What kind and model of TV?
As far as the difference, there really is none if you are dealing with newer tv's and computers. Newer tv's will support SVGA. In the late 80's and Early 90s it meant something. If you had a monitor capable of SVGA it could display 800x600 resolution.VGA was 640x480. Since SVGA was backward compatible it could also display the lower resolution. In Flat panel tv's of today that have a VGA or (computer) connection are more than capable of displaying SVGA resolution.
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