LeN, you should check Samsung's website if you haven't already. but like as not your laptop has some kind of s-video port, and there are cable that will run directly from your computer to the television. You don't need an intermediary.
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esse - Apr 28, 2007 9:21:34 am PDT #1409 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
amych - Apr 28, 2007 9:22:09 am PDT #1410 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
IDE is the same as ATA (confusingly enough), and they were by far the most common type for many years. SATA stands for Serial ATA, and it's been getting more common recently.
The quick way to tell the difference is that IDE uses a ribbon cable about 2" wide, while SATA has a little skinny cable that doesn't take up half the room in your case.
(edit: I should totally leave these questions to Scola and get back to my steenkin' homework.)
Polter-Cow - Apr 28, 2007 9:31:08 am PDT #1411 of 25496
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
IDE vs SATA
Oooh, I think I totally have IDE, then, because it has those huuuuuge cables. I'll open up the computer to make sure, but I have a little thing that lets me connect five drives to the motherboard instead of the usual four, and it's all about those ribbon cables. Unless one of those devices would be able to take IDE and SATA cables.
SATA stands for Serial ATA, and it's been getting more common recently.
Well, not in the external enclosure field!
le nubian - Apr 28, 2007 9:31:59 am PDT #1412 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
SA,
that's an interesting notion! Only problem, I like to use my computer while watching tv! I can't think of how I can be mobile and stream data from my computer. Am I missing something?
amych - Apr 28, 2007 9:35:28 am PDT #1413 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Well, not in the external enclosure field!
Ah, but the external enclosure field is all about the "I have this old drive sitting around doing nothing" market. I'd expect SATA to be a bigger share of the offerings in another year or two.
Polter-Cow - Apr 28, 2007 9:38:31 am PDT #1414 of 25496
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My drive was bought in 2003. Pretty sure it's IDE.
esse - Apr 28, 2007 3:33:52 pm PDT #1415 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Only problem, I like to use my computer while watching tv! I can't think of how I can be mobile and stream data from my computer. Am I missing something?
Well, it wouldn't matter if you had the dvd player. You'd still have to just use the computer for playing the video file. If you want to do two things at once you might as well just watch it on the computer anyway.
Hil R. - Apr 28, 2007 5:37:22 pm PDT #1416 of 25496
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OK, I called Tivo, and my Tivo is officially dead. And, since I'm past the warranty coverage, it's $129 to replace it. But, if I replace it through them that way, rather than going to the store and buying a new one, my lifetime subscription will still count. So I'm doing that. (My old one is a 40-hour Series 2, which they don't make any more. I wonder if the new one they send me will be a 40-hour that they still have around for replacing peoples broken ones, or if they'll just send me an 80-hour one.)
Jon B. - Apr 29, 2007 8:42:47 am PDT #1417 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
since I'm past the warranty coverage, it's $129 to replace it. But, if I replace it through them that way, rather than going to the store and buying a new one, my lifetime subscription will still count. So I'm doing that.
I didn't know TiVo did that. That's very kind of them. Really (I'm not being sarcastic)! I thought the "lifetime" sub died with the machine.
Hil R. - Apr 29, 2007 8:53:08 am PDT #1418 of 25496
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I thought the "lifetime" sub died with the machine.
So did I. I was figuring that I'd have to buy a new one and start paying for the service. The $129 is more expensive than even the cheapest new one, but with not having to pay the service fees, it pays off within a few months.