[ltp] RE: svideo output on thinkpad z61e

[Richard Neill]

Bryan Moore wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:55:27 +0100
> Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>>
>>>>
>>>> P.S. If you've not done this before, you'll notice horrible 
>>>> "comb-distortion" aka "mice teeth". This is related to 
>>>> interlacing/de-interlacing. http://100fps.com/
>>> my television doesn't have an option to change it's region, so i'm
>>> going to assume--possibly incorrectly--that it is set correctly. one
>>> down, many to go.
>> Some TVs are capable of receiving multiple different encodings, such
>> as NTSC or PAL. Sounds like your TV isn't multi-format capable (which
>> is perfectly OK). Therefore ,you will need to make sure your computer
>> is set to output video in the same format as your TV expects.
>>
>> More here, including a useful map.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pal
> 
> nope... i'm pretty sure my tv is ntsc and the computer is set to output
> as such.
> 

Unfortunately, that's the limit of my advice, though someone else here 
may be able to help.

One alternative method is to purchase a VGA -> S-Video  converter box.
Such devices cost only about $20. It's not an elegant solution, but it 
might be the quickest!

Richard