VGA Adapter to TV S-Video RCA Out Cable for PC Video

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000Y7T5UU
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• Item model number: vga1
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (315 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #1 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Audio & Video Accessories > Cables & Interconnects > Video Cables > S-Video Cables
  • #4 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Computer Cable Adapters
  • #41 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Cables
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

This VGA Adapter to TV S-Video RCA Out Cable allows video output from your PC/laptop computer to any TV with S-Video or RCA video input. Note: Your VGA card must support TV out directly through VGA port function. Please consult with your VGA card's user manual for more information.

Customer Reviews

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435 of 476 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This cable is not supposed to connect a computer to a TV, November 5, 2009

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Ceta (FL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: VGA Adapter to TV S-Video RCA Out Cable for PC Video (Electronics)

This cable will not and is not supposed to connect a pc/mac/desktop/laptop to a TV.

even if you have TV out capabilities on your video card and the software to support it, this product will not work! It is not meant to link a computer to a TV.

do not buy this product if you are trying to hook up your computer to your TV. It will not work.

With out even trying it out, you can tell it will not work simply because the RCA cables have all 3 components two of which are audio! your VGA port on your computer is video only! this product is extremely misleading and is very attractive due to the price. Do not be fooled and do not waste your money!

you have been warned.

218 of 237 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not what you think it is, September 6, 2010

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Ash - See all my reviews

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This review is from: VGA Adapter to TV S-Video RCA Out Cable for PC Video (Electronics)

Ok first of all this product is only to hook something up to a computer monitor. If you think you can use this to hook up your computer to your tv your wrong and you need to look at the converters. It works wonders for what it was designed to do and I use it every time I play my xbox. Honestly nothing is better then having monitors hooked up instead of buying a second or third tv to play video games while someone is watching tv.

211 of 241 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't even work with GTX 260, September 1, 2009

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D. Valovcin (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VGA Adapter to TV S-Video RCA Out Cable for PC Video (Electronics)

Despite the negative reviews I bought one of these. I thought, "These people probably don't know what they're doing I'll be fine." I tried the cable with my laptop which was the reason I bought it and, like others, my laptop said it couldn't find an external monitor. I have used the vga on my monitor to connect directly to my HDTV before just fine so I knew it should work. I tried using the s-video end as well as the RCA end (trying both the yellow cable and connecting all three despite the fact that VGA doesn't transmit audio) both with no luck.

The only 5 star review for this product says that you need to support TV Out (my laptop does) and that you need software (my laptop should). Taking my testing one step further I tried to use this product with my GTX260 a fairly new graphics card on my desktop computer and it still did not work.

I think I can confidently say that this product (and possibly all similar products) does not work. There are only two slightly positive reviews for this product and neither of them provide any form of helpful information for how to get it to work. I think amazon should remove the product from the website as it does not work for the majority of purchasers, if at all.