I am trying to hook up my Dell to my television. Everything is working fine with the exception of the lack of color. Everything is in black and white. I tried looking online, but i think my video card is older than the ones on the online forums. Any suggestions? Also, since the tv is an older model, there is no s-video input, so i am using a converter to take the s-video to composite.

9/30/2008 3:36:52 PM

Get a newer TV and a videocard with either DVI and/or HDMI output.

9/30/2008 3:44:15 PM

it's probably the converter

9/30/2008 3:48:43 PM

is the tv b&w?

9/30/2008 3:52:19 PM

^^^no, i am too poor for a new tv or video card. The PC is going to be used only for playing videos and nothing else.

^No, everything else (DVD, N64, VCR) plays in excellent color.

Isnt there a way to turn the output on the PC from S-video to composite. This might fix my problem.

9/30/2008 4:00:43 PM

also, the s-video works fine on our tv upstairs which has an s-video input, but we want it to work downstairs.

9/30/2008 4:01:48 PM

I was kidding. The only output from the computer is s-video? The converter might be bad. I think a missing pin or something might cause the lack of color if it's analog. I don't know though.

^that sounds like a bad converter then.

9/30/2008 4:03:44 PM

dammit! i dont want to spend more money!

9/30/2008 4:10:47 PM

make your own converter
http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/svideo2cvideo.html

9/30/2008 4:35:09 PM