how should I connect to an old crt tv to an hdmi laptop?

[oali24]

Hello,

I have a dell Inspiron 7000 gaming and I would like to connect it to an extrememly old lg crt tv, it only has composite output, not even component. My plan is to get an hdmi to vga converter, and than get a vga to composite converter. On ebay there are many products that have hdmi on one end of a cable and vga on the other. I am skeptical of if these work, vga being analogue and hdmi digital, do these work? Or would I have to get one with a box converter? Also if I get an hdmi to dvi adapter, would the dvi end be able to be converted to vga or would it just work with digital outputs?

Thank You,

[piemadd]

3 minutes ago, oali24 said:

Hello,

I have a dell Inspiron 7000 gaming and I would like to connect it to an extrememly old lg crt tv, it only has composite output, not even component. My plan is to get an hdmi to vga converter, and than get a vga to composite converter. On ebay there are many products that have hdmi on one end of a cable and vga on the other. I am skeptical of if these work, vga being analogue and hdmi digital, do these work? Or would I have to get one with a box converter? Also if I get an hdmi to dvi adapter, would the dvi end be able to be converted to vga or would it just work with digital outputs?

Thank You,

I have had experience with one of these before(mini display port to vga). It works fine. Usually on the vga end, if it looks like a box around the connector, you should have higher hopes of it working.

[Electronics Wizardy]

how abou this https://www.amazon.com/ViewHD-Composite-Converter-Include-Adapter/dp/B00LK95VNQ?

[oali24]

27 minutes ago, Implosivetech said:

I have had experience with one of these before(mini display port to vga). It works fine. Usually on the vga end, if it looks like a box around the connector, you should have higher hopes of it working.

So your saying that just a cable might work, and that it mini display port works similarly to hdmi? by the way thanks

[Glenwing]

Just get an HDMI to composite converter.

https://www.amazon.com/GANA-Composite-Converter-Adapter-Supporting/dp/B01L8P11LC/

[AshleyAshes]

1 hour ago, Glenwing said:

Just get an HDMI to composite converter.

https://www.amazon.com/GANA-Composite-Converter-Adapter-Supporting/dp/B01L8P11LC/

I love how the image makes it clear, without any written language, that you can't use it to convert composite to HDMI. 

[aezakmi]

8 minutes ago, AshleyAshes said:

I love how the image makes it clear, without any written language, that you can't use it to convert composite to HDMI. 

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> The converter is not fit for Fire Stick, Roku, mobile phone and iPad series.

> Question:  Will it work with the fire stick?

 

Amazon in a nutshell

[Glenwing]

24 minutes ago, AshleyAshes said:

I love how the image makes it clear, without any written language, that you can't use it to convert composite to HDMI. 

He's not trying to convert composite to HDMI, he wants to connect an HDMI laptop to a composite CRT TV, this is the correct converter for that.

[AshleyAshes]

10 minutes ago, Glenwing said:

He's not trying to convert composite to HDMI, he wants to connect an HDMI laptop to a composite CRT TV, this is the correct converter for that.

I didn't say that.  ...I just love the 'idiot proof graphic'.

[Glenwing]

30 minutes ago, AshleyAshes said:

I didn't say that.  ...I just love the 'idiot proof graphic'.

Oh, I thought you were saying I posted the wrong converter even though there was an obvious image

[oali24]

Thank you all