DVI to Video adapter | Black and white TV display.

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Hi,
I just pruchased a DVI to Video adapter and unfortunately, it doesn't work (the display on my TV is black and white).
I use a S-Video cable.
I tried restarting and using other displays.
Thanks,
Chris.
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Anyone else has an idea?
The subject has been discussed here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2136106&start=60&tstart=0 and apparently the problem is fixed with OS 10.6.3.
But I'm using 10.5.8! Thanks.

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