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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 03:09 AM
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I have a 4 year old HP laptop that's been pretty good to me but over the years it's taken some abuse do to all the different traveling I do and more importantly the power supply it gets from different countries and ships I go on. So last year my screen decided it wanted to go all shades of green and since then I can never really see anything in detail. All black pixels are now green. So today I got fed up and went to Best buy and bought a $20 VGA cable and hooked it up to my 52" LCD TV.
HOLY CRAP!!! Some of you guys have nice trucks, at least they aren't blurry anymore!

You tube video's never looked so good although Blownchevy still looks the same...only in better definition!
I recommend this to anyone who's got a tiny screen or a messed up screen like mine!
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 05:31 AM
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Yea. That's one thing i love about the new HDTV's. 99% of them have a VGA plug built in. I've been wanting to buy a 32" for my room and plug my pc into it when i play games.
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 06:16 AM
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Hmm I think Ill do this since my Tv has the VGA outlet. Thanks
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 08:06 AM
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uh, what does the vga plug look like? I want to see if I have one on my tv
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by trever1t
uh, what does the vga plug look like? I want to see if I have one on my tv
IF IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING YOUVE NEVER SEEN BILL.... TAHTS IT
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by trever1t
uh, what does the vga plug look like? I want to see if I have one on my tv
HERES AN RCA JACK



HERES DVI



HERES HDMI




TOP IS WORST CONNECTION..... MIDDLE IS A GOOD DIGITAL CONNECTION, AND BOTTOM IS BEST... NOT TO MENTION THE BOTTOM HDMI/DVI HAS VIDEO/SOUND IN ONE CONNECTOR
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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you didnt even post a VGA haha
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 10:38 AM
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VGA
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Spoolin
You tube video's never looked so good although Blownchevy still looks the same...only in better definition!



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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 10:50 AM
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I tried to hook up my laptop to my tv with the S Video cable once, but I couldn't get anything. Anybody know the trick to this?
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