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Blargh technology! I consider myself reasonably technologically proficient, but as it turns out I just do not get audio/video stuff. Mainly, why can't they just pick a standard and stick to it?
What I'd like to do: hook my four year old laptop* up to my schmancy TV, the back of which is covered in various audio/video inputs. I went digging through my box full of cables and dug out what I've identified, with the help of the internet as mini-DVI to DVI, mini-DVI to s-video, s-video to composite, and DVI to VGA apapters. (Just for fun, the mini-DVI to DVI and DVI to VGA adapters won't work together, though they should.) One of these actual helps me connect the video (no audio!) to the TV. Oy.
Can't there just be one easy, magical cable that just works, so I don't have to dig through a pile of old crap that doesn't even work with anything anymore? Also, wouldn't it be nice if the adapters were actually labeled so I could tell what they are and how to use them without Wikipedia?
*My laptop is showing it's age. I recently replaced both RAM cards, and now I've maxed out my hard disk space... again. I found out the other day that the soon to be retired iPod "classic" has the same amount of storage as my poor laptop. I guess now I take on replacing that too? At least it's less expensive than buying a new computer.
What I'd like to do: hook my four year old laptop* up to my schmancy TV, the back of which is covered in various audio/video inputs. I went digging through my box full of cables and dug out what I've identified, with the help of the internet as mini-DVI to DVI, mini-DVI to s-video, s-video to composite, and DVI to VGA apapters. (Just for fun, the mini-DVI to DVI and DVI to VGA adapters won't work together, though they should.) One of these actual helps me connect the video (no audio!) to the TV. Oy.
Can't there just be one easy, magical cable that just works, so I don't have to dig through a pile of old crap that doesn't even work with anything anymore? Also, wouldn't it be nice if the adapters were actually labeled so I could tell what they are and how to use them without Wikipedia?
*My laptop is showing it's age. I recently replaced both RAM cards, and now I've maxed out my hard disk space... again. I found out the other day that the soon to be retired iPod "classic" has the same amount of storage as my poor laptop. I guess now I take on replacing that too? At least it's less expensive than buying a new computer.
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