Thanks David, somehow you convinced me :). I was somewhat concerned anyway about the "os crashes -> stops at some screen without powerstrip running -> TV fries due to bad video frequency" scenario. Unfortunately around here I didn't yet find a converter box (for PAL) below 80€ or so but I'll keep looking. Bye
Heiko Herold IT ElectronicPartner Italia Srl Milanofiori Strada 1 Palazzo F10 20090 Assago (MI) phone: +39-02-575399-12 mobile: +39-335-6170320 fax: +39-02-575399-60 eMail: [email protected] Sede: Assago Reg. Imprese 01626550212 CCIAA Milano Procuratore generale Sylvia Pylen -----Messaggio originale----- Da: David Ross [mailto:[email protected]] Inviato: domenica 16 gennaio 2011 4.00 A: Herold, Heiko; ThinkPad Mailing List Oggetto: Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad on Oldstyle TV ? Powerstrip supports the Radeon and runs fine on most ThinkPads, but years ago I nearly killed a display using it (my own stupidity, not a Powerstrip fault) so I am very leery of it now. On a newer/expensive laptop like your T500 I would be inclined to just use a converter box; VGA to composite boxes are available for under $20 nowadays. David -------------------------------------------------- From: "Herold, Heiko" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 7:04 AM To: "ThinkPad Mailing List" <[email protected]> Subject: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad on Oldstyle TV ? > Hi, > > > > I need to connect a T500 with VGA and HDMI output to an old (Tube) PAL > TV. Just don't ask, why, please :) > > I could buy some converter box, but... > > There are several simple circuits floating around in order to convert > VGA to RGB-in-Scart, however I'd still need to generate a 15kHz video > signal. There are some applications for that (Soft15khz) but those > depend of the specific video chipset (this one has a ATI Mobility Radeon > HD 3650). > > I'm wondering if the correct video signal could be generated by > buggering the Thinkvantage Presentation director settings. Anybody tried > something like that, or knows if Soft15khz or something similar works on > this Radeon? > > > > Heiko Herold > IT > > ElectronicPartner Italia Srl > Milanofiori Strada 1 Palazzo F10 > 20090 Assago (MI) > > phone: +39-02-575399-12 > mobile: +39-335-6170320 > fax: +39-02-575399-60 > eMail: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sede: Assago > Reg. Imprese 01626550212 CCIAA Milano > Procuratore generale Sylvia Pylen > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
