Portege R500 connection to Toshiba 19AV505D LCD TV

I want to connect my Portege R500 laptop to a Toshiba 19AV505D LCD TV.
I have tried using a VGA to HDMI cable and altering the screen resolution to 800x600 and 16bit colour but it still won't recognise the tv.
Any ideas?
TheTV manual says use a DVI to HDMI cable and I tried this first with a VGA converter (as there is no DVI socket on the R500) but it didn't work either.
Would a SCART to VGA cable work?

What VGA->HDMI adapter are you using?
What version HDMI does it support?
Maybe the TV requires HDMI v1.2 or v1.3 (check the users manual)

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