[shig]

Please excuse my ignorance but I have an inspiron 1521 and was hoping someone would be kind enough to tell me if it possible to watch BBC i player /sky anytime on my tv through the laptop.
Many thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[computeruler]

if your tv has a dvi or vga port on it and so does your laptop you can use that if not you can use s video this is what the svideo looks like just in case you dont know it should be the out on your laptop then plug it in to your tv with a special s video cable you can probably get them at places like walmart

[shig]

Got the s video cable but when I connect it to the tv I want to use it on the display is in black and white.
On the brand new tv downstairs it works fine in colour , anybody any ideas why I can't get it in colour on older tvs.

[computeruler]

um just a guess but newer tvs use different inputs or something mabye the cable you were using was only designed for those newer type of inputs what color is the cable you are using to connect it to your tv?

[shig]

Just one black cable with scart for tv at the other end

[computeruler]

how did you connect that to an old tv? i didnt know they had those youll need something with a yellow av end

[shig]

The tv's do have scart sockets but they are 3-4 years old. Just the 4 pin s video plug you showed in laptop and scart in tv.

[shig]

Had to set it up using the ATI catalyst centre so maybe I have missed a setting for the older tv, I'll have another look tomorrow see if I can see something I might have missed.
Thankyou very much for all your help.