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converting VGA to HDMI or component video (Y/Pb/Pr)?

Feb 7, '08 11:58 AM
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So, this weekend we've joined the HDTV family. 42" Phillips 9632, the ambilight.

And with a new TV comes a lot of fun connecting things to it.. and so far i was able to get my laptop on it via S-video, where nvidia driver decides that 1024x768 is all it should do for that connection.
Got no DVI or HDMI on this card (nvidia 8600), so i was thinking on making use of the VGA port, but that's going analog -> digital which sounds like i'll need some serious converter.

i found a few decent ideas googling this but figured i'll bring this up here too. anyone played with stuff like that?

Tags: 2008, technology, tv

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pez wrote on Feb 7

You have a TV???

tp8888 wrote on Feb 7

you may not need to do HDMI...i think with that model card the s video isn't 9 pin and is 7 pin which means you possibly need to get one of these:

http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=601-EV-1024-S1&family=99

found that info here:

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=45335

maybe that will help?

vilius wrote on Feb 7

thanks.
it is a 7pin port. you probably just saved me from buying some 200$ converter!

tp8888 wrote on Feb 7

vilius said

thanks.
it is a 7pin port. you probably just saved me from buying some 200$ converter!

awesome

unit731 wrote on Feb 8

beda ta kad s-video signalas ne kokios kokybes palyginti su HDTV galimybem:
''NTSC S-Video colour resolution is typically 120 lines horizontal (approximately 160 pixels edge-to-edge), versus 250 lines horizontal for a DVD-encoded signal..........
S-Video leads to sharp images (approximately 700×486 pixels edge-to-edge when using a clean DVD source)''
s-video@wiki
jei norisi dar geresnio vaizdelio ekrane - reik pirkti ne konvertery, bet reikalinga GFX korta

peterz wrote on Feb 8

will look like shit

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