do you know what the cable is called, Kristen?
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tiggy - Oct 26, 2009 6:11:20 am PDT #11489 of 25501
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Jon B. - Oct 26, 2009 6:19:01 am PDT #11490 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
do you know what the cable is called, Kristen?
Depends what the output jack of your laptop and input jack of your TV is. Typically. a laptop has an 1/8" mini jack output (like an ipod headphone jack). A TV might have stereo RCA inputs, but I'm not an expert on whether that's standard or not.
Kristen - Oct 26, 2009 6:20:25 am PDT #11491 of 25501
I think it's like this one.
I don't think they make the cable I have anymore. It was specifically designed to hook a laptop to a TV and it had both the s-video and the audio connectors in one cable.
ETA: This is the cable that I have.
Gudanov - Oct 26, 2009 6:27:10 am PDT #11492 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Jon B. - Oct 26, 2009 6:43:10 am PDT #11493 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Don't waste money with Monster cables. The one Gud linked to will work just as well. Radio shack should have something non-Monster like that.
Jessica - Oct 26, 2009 6:45:13 am PDT #11494 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It may just be the Manhattan stores, but I've had zero luck finding non-Monster cables at Radio Shack lately. Their website still carries other options, but the stores seem to be all-Monster-all-the-time. (Maybe part of their rebranding as a cell phone store? I have no idea, but it's irritating as hell.)
Gudanov - Oct 26, 2009 6:47:51 am PDT #11495 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Unfortunately, on an item like that Newegg will probably charge nearly the price of the cable for shipping. Going to a store will probably be cheaper.
tiggy - Oct 26, 2009 7:04:29 am PDT #11496 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
you guys are awesome. thanks!!
Jon B. - Oct 26, 2009 7:22:14 am PDT #11497 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
It may just be the Manhattan stores, but I've had zero luck finding non-Monster cables at Radio Shack lately.
Bummer. The ones here in Cambridge/Boston still have lots of non-monster cables.
erin_obscure - Oct 26, 2009 9:09:36 am PDT #11498 of 25501
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oh dog, i am such a techno-peasant! I'm signing up for internet at my new place and want wireless, do i need a modem AND a router or just a router? Gah!