How to make a temporary s-video cable!

[GTaudiophile]

Some friends and I took a road trip to Walhalla, SC last weekend, mainly to enjoy the annual Oktober Fest there. We knew we'd be staying at my friend's uncle's cabin in the boonies, so we knew we'd need to take something along for entertainment. Well, one friend brought his lappy and another brought his projector, and the intent was to watch movies all night. Upon arriving at the cabin, we realized we forgot the cables to connect the lappy to the projector. As graduates (or soon-to-be graduates) of Georgia Tech, we were not going to let this oversight prevent us from having fun. So, a friend of mine found a bunch of those trash bag twisties, stripped the ends of them, and used them to make an s-video cable!

Here are a few pics:

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Pic #2
Pic #3

Pretty cool, eh?

 

[Mutilator]

Macgyver wannabes.

 

[bizmark]

nice!

 

[MichaelD]

Dude, you are my idol. That is so badass!!!! kewl.

In the face of adversity, you banded together. You compiled your collective knowledge of basic electronics and overcame a potentially tragic situation. For your actions, you are awarded The Anandtech McGuyver Medal of Honor. Wear it proudly!

 

[iamme]

Hehe, cool.

 

[stev0]

Originally posted by: bizmark
nice!

what kind of notebook is that? i wanna say something like a fujitsu...?

 

[Fausto]

[UnrealTournament] ULTRA-GEEK!! [/UnrealTournament]

Hehe....leave it to a bunch of GT guys to think that up. Nice one.

 

[MajesticMoose]

what? ho duct tape insulation? there has to be duct tape.....

Bravo man! I think I'd be too afraid i would fry something to actually try doing that though

 

[ChurchOfSubgenius]

The lengths people will go to for full screen porn.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: stev0

what kind of notebook is that? i wanna say something like a fujitsu...?

Yeah, definitely a Fujitsu. Check out "Lifebook" on pic1.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: ChurchOfSubgenius
The lengths people will go to for full screen porn.

ROFL

 

[LethalWolfe]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
[UnrealTournament] ULTRA-GEEK!! [/UnrealTournament]

Hehe....leave it to a bunch of GT guys to think that up. Nice one.

That's pretty f**kin' bad@ss.


Lethal

 

[vi edit]

Damn, good call!

How was picture quality?

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Damn, good call!

How was picture quality?

Image quality was not quite up to the same level had we had the actual cable, but good enough for our purposes.

Edit: I can't take too much credit for this as I wasn't the f00l who thought of it. But, I just thought I'd share...

 

[vi edit]

Image quality was not quite up to the same level had we had the actual cable, but good enough for our purposes.

Awwww, you mean the paper shielding wasn't quite up to par?

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Image quality was not quite up to the same level had we had the actual cable, but good enough for our purposes.

Awwww, you mean the paper shielding wasn't quite up to par?

Exactly!

 

[dmcowen674]

WTG, there is some innovation and imagination still left at GT afterall.

 

[Evadman]

Someone really wanted to watch a movie

DAmn nice! I take my hat off to you and your buds!