Nvidia question

[Michael Hipp]

On 6/27/2010 2:23 PM, Ken Moffat wrote:
> Lonnie, maybe?
> I have an HP laptop with an Nvidia G501M 512MB video card in it, and
> wonder if the VGA out port has TV capability, or if in order to use an
> adapter to composite video, I need just a cable, or do I need a
> converter box? Not necessarily a linux question, but I know there are
> nvidia users here.

Doesn't really have anything to do with nVidia or any other brand. I 
googled 'vga to composite video adapter' and got these:

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=vga+to+composite+video+adapter&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=15223743978350771745&ei=n8QnTK6MFIaBlAfpx4i0Ag&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ8wIwAA#
http://www.amazon.com/TV-Out-VGA-S-Video-RCA-Adapter/dp/B000S675JU
http://sewelldirect.com/pc-to-tv.asp

Appears to me the job can be done with little more than a cheap adapter. 
But I haven't done it.

Michael