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. VGA Adapter to TV S-Video RCA Out Cable for PC Video
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.
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.
I bought this too thinking it SHOULD work for me. My purpose was to use it to hook up my PS2 to my VGA monitor.
as the title says its disappointing. The monitor did not detect VGA connection at all. If you are planning to use this to hook up your game console, this is not an answer.
I got this so that i could plug it into my laptop and use it on my tv. It did not work. I did some research and think I found that you have to have a laptop or w/e designed to use something like this. I thought mine should because it is an entertainment notebook from hp, but it doesnt.
BE CAREFUL BEFORE BUYING.
It may or may not work with what you want it to. Make sure it will with what you want it too before buying.
I bought this hoping to connect a Playstation 2 to some old monitor I had lying around. Didn't work. People are also saying you can't connect a PC to a TV with it either. So I must ask, what's the point?
The product description here looks pretty straightforward. "VGA Adapter to TV S-Video RCA Out Cable for PC Video" seems to imply that this would be used to send a video signal from a PC to a television screen. The reviews seem to say that this does not work.
At least one review said the adapter worked for the purpose of sending a video signal from a game console (Xbox 360) to a computer screen, which is what I wanted to do and the reason I bought this. However, I am unable to use this cable in either way. I tried with several consoles (NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube) to connect to my VGA monitor without success. Just to be sure, I tried to use the adapter to connect my laptop to a TV, which doesn't work either.
I'm a fairly capable guy, but I really can't tell whether I bought a junk product that does nothing or if it has some mysterious function which I haven't imagined. Searching around the internet, it seems that you need some kind of signal converter box in order to connect a RCA console to a VGA input, rather than a simple adapter plug.
I don't really know. I'm just going to call this a $7 lesson and save up for a screen with RCA inputs next time. Buyer beware, I guess, or just do more research than I did.
There is nothing wrong with this product. It's a simple cable, nothing really to screw up. But, unless you know what you're doing, you're probably buying this cable for the wrong reasons, thinking it will allow you to display a pc on another monitor or television. You need to have the right video card/hookups, capability for this to work.
I have to say, I have never been so disgusted with a product before now. I'd like to ask the idiot who designed this a few questions. Like, since when does a VGA output support AUDIO? Why are there yellow, RED, AND WHITE cables? Why do they ALL have to be plugged in to the source at the same time in order to deliver a picture worth looking at. Oh, but wait. They don't make Video input cables like that. They don't even make an ADAPTER! Do not buy this product. Big disappointment. Haven't even tried the S-Video input. Kinda scared to.
This product IS NOT to connect your computer to a TV.
It IS used to connect an RCA device like a video game system to a monitor with VGA input. It does what it is supposed to everyone else just doesn't know a thing about computers. - Misleading - Pc Vga To Tv Converter - Trash - Useless'
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