Re: S-video out and I only get black and white screen...

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thank you for your prompt reply...i had rather suspected that the drivers for
the integrated video out on this laptop would need to stay in the windows ME
domain but windows ME was such a mess that i'm willing to view my movies on
the laptop screen rather than go back to ME. my digital camera won't work
with xp sp2 either and i have a lot of friends who have major problems with
this "professional" version of windows. In fact, Toshiba recommends
uninstalling it and goes into great depth on how to do that. my workaround
for the camera was to buy a SD media card reader and get images onto the
computer that way.

chris

"Graham Hughes" wrote:

> It sounds like you need to stick with ME. Laptops use specialised drivers
> for things to work, it's not like running a desktop, you *have* to use the
> drivers from the manufacturer of the laptop, so if they don't have any XP
> drivers it's a case of sorry.
>
> --
> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> Laird of Glencairn
> www.dvds2treasure.com
> www.simplydv.com
>
>
> "chris42" <chris42@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E2E5C7CB-CA3D-457A-B2D7-34B4FEF4E824@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I am having the same problem on a Toshiba Satellite laptop that only began
> to
> > occur when starting to use windows XP. It will display on a tv at 640x480
> and
> > only greyscale even though xp reports that is sending 32 bit colour. I
> know
> > that this is not a hardware issue because it worked perfectly under
> windows
> > me. I have tried using the toshiba XP drivers for the video card but
> windows
> > refuses to operate with them because they are not "signed". Win XP has
> also
> > removed all of the software that toshiba includes to control video output
> ie
> > ntsc/pal and will not reinstall it either because they are also not
> "signed".
> > If anyone knows of a workaround for this problem please let me know.
> Thanks
> > in advance.
> >
> > chris42
> >
> > "Darkknight" wrote:
> >
> > > have you also set your PC to output the correct video format PAL os NTSC
> > > also
> > > if you are connecting your s-video to the composite video inputs of your
> > > TV...if you are, you need a special s-video to composite lead available
> > > from most electronic shops.
> > >
> > > Graham Hughes wrote:
> > >
> > > > How do you mean? connected the s-video to the video and got the same
> result
> > > > watching on the tv? You will if the tv won't accept s-video signals.
> Can you
> > > > use composite connections, red/white/yellow with the yellow being the
> > > > important one for video.
> > > >
> > >
>
>
>
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