Laptop to tv?

[fimbles]

Hello all.

A freind of mine has a old packard bell laptop that he needs to connect to a tv. To run karaoke in his newly aquired pub! I havnt had a chance to examine his laptop yet, but by the description he has given me it has no vga out? only a 15 pin slot. ( 3 rows of five pins) in a vga size plug, usb slots, and a i.d.e.e slot?????? (this may be a mistake, the letters are scratched off.)

Ive done a little reasearch but am still confused.

What is this mystery 15 pin slot? will a usb video card and a vga to s video adaper do the trick? Is there a easier method to this?

All help will be most appreciated.

Ty in advance.

 

[Nodsu]

"3 rows of 5 pins in a VGA-size plug"? I can't think of anything else that it could be but a VGA port!

Please, examine the thing yourself. A USB "video card" would be horribly slow and unsuitable for anything but Powerpoint shows (with very little animations in them).

 

[fimbles]

Thanks for the reply

For some strange reason i thought vga connectors where only 12 pin...

If this turns out to indeed be a vga slot. will a product like this work?

http://cgi.ebay.com/VGA-SVGA-to-TV-...3QQihZ015QQcategoryZ31531QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Ty.

 

[Nodsu]

No, probably not - this is a simple adapter cable. Some computers do support TV output directly through their VGA ports (some Dell laptops?), but this is a proprietary solution. For universal compatibility you need a real signal converter like this: http://www.trianglecables.com/cotovicovgad.html

 

[fimbles]

Thanks a lot nodsu.
Your suggestions and comments have been really helpfull!

Im prety sure this laptop dosent support tv out/ vga . As the owner mentioned this.

I guess the little box gadget you posted will do the trick fine.

Ty again for the time and effort you put in to help me out here