My TV is lenco dtv-2421
Description/detail: TFT/LCD DVD combination/screen diagonal: 61 cm/sceen size: 24 tariff/display format: 16:9/dissolution: 1,920 x of 1,080 pixels/hp ready/Full hp/integrated devices: DVD player/connections: 1xHDMI, VGA (PC entrance), SCART, S-video-entrance, component entrance (YUV)/rendition formats: CD, DVD, VCD, S-VCD, HDCD, MP3, WMA, JPEG/weight: 6.14 kg/power output: 2 x 3 Watt/screen menu OSD/data sheet indicate My Laptop is IBM Thinkpad X31 Has USB2 and also has a "monitor connector" on the back (15 pins in 3 rows of 5 slightly offset) which can be seen here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/x31monitcon.gif I place the x31 in an x3 ultrabase which has a pass-through to another connector that resembles the one above but they call it a "vga" port. see it here: http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l296/Dimitri_P/2007/4-22/pic145q.jpg so, now, what cable will I need to get to hook my notebook with or without docking station (It seems the port on my notebook just passes through to the docking station which "replicates" the ports) .so I can plunk it down next to my tv and watch a movie from the computer (I have some in various formats .avi, wmv .many are VGA so they will show nicely). I see there appears to be some cr*p-ware out there in this vein .maybe someone has some experience with this? Oh yeah, since my TV (PAL) has a VGA port, how come I can't just get a simple video cable and hook it up as if it were a monitor and watch the movie (I understand I would likely need an audio cable too).?? Thanks! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************