Re: video to vga adapter?


<lostfrom68jay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I want to use my pc vga monitor to watch videos. My dvd player has
> every type of output: composite/component video, svideo, coax, and
> scart, but it is
> only playing cds at the moment. I live in a small apartment and have no
> room for a tv, but I have a Dell 19" crt. We watch dvds on the
> computer, but it is a bit loud and not terribly stable. I found this
> product:
>
> http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/video-vga-gvm-2000.html
>
> a video/svideo to vga converter which looks like the ticket. I can play
> dvds without running the computer or repatching anything. Are there any
> other good
> and/or cheap options? I'm not afraid of soldering irons.
>
> I just joined this group. Thanks for any help!
>
> Robobass
>

Cheap converters like the one you listed do normally not provide quality
video and you will probably not be very happy with it if you are concerned
with high quality.

If your DVD-player outputs RGB, you can build yourself a cable that takes
RGB in one end and VGA in the other. There are some issues with sync and
frequency so it will depend on your monitor if it will work. Here in
PAL-land, we often have SCART connectors on our DVD-players and they often
output RGB.
I recently built a 12 meter SCART->VGA cable from my DVD-player to my
projector and this works fine. I started out with a standard VGA-cable and
just cut off one end and soldered in a SCART connector.

There are plenty of articles and drawings on the net describing this
procedure.
AVS-forum is good resource where this topic has been discussed.
(http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/)


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