I was trying to hook up my laptop's Svideo connection to my TV for the first time the other day. I plugged everything in and the laptop detected that a analog TV was connected (25" GE, until I get a big screen later this year) however when I press the keys to switch to the TV instead of laptop screen, nothing comes up on the TV. It is an HP laptop, so I spent about an hour with them on the phone, but all they could come up with is that it is a compatibility issue. Basically, they didn't know why it wasn't working. I ended up just watching on the laptop instead of the TV, but obviously would like to be able to use the TV for this.

Any ideas?