with the 15 pin jack: does that ONLY do video while the jack next to it (the round one) it only does audio... do they sell the two cables in pairs if so? On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:33 PM, mike havens wrote: > hey, cool... there is a 15 (?) pin jack in the back of the TV. i suppose > that means I need to use that since there is an identical one on the laptop. > further, as a cable guy I learned that round jack has nothing to do with > video but rather it is the audio. Very cool. thanks for the help! there are > no vga jacks in the laptop so while that would be easiest I can't do it > that way > > you know, I thought that the round doo-dad might be the dvi so I googled > 'dvi' and 'jpg' and found http://tiny.cc/FItPb and that looks sorta like > it with only the recepticles for the 15 pointy pins.... could I do a usb to > hdmi? > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Jon M. Hanson wrote: > >> You'll have to be a little more specific. Does your flat screen have >> DVI and/or VGA inputs. Does your video card have S-video outputs? >> --- >> Jon M. Hanson (N7ZVJ) >> Homepage: http://the-hansons-az.net/drupal >> Jabber IM: jon@the-hansons-az.net >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 2, 2009, at 7:28 PM, mike havens wrote: >> >> > how do I turn my flat screen into a monitor? >> > >> > -- >> > :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: