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Title: Here's an interesting "what if?"
Post by: Todd H on December 07, 2003, 03:14:09 pm
What if you could adapt the vga output of an ArcadeVGA card to a set of component outputs and hook it up to any TV with a set of component inputs?  Since the ArcadeVGA outputs 15khz (which is what a standard-rez tv does) it seems possible.  Any thoughts?
Title: Re:Here's an interesting "what if?"
Post by: rampy on December 07, 2003, 03:30:08 pm
Quote from: Todd H on December 07, 2003, 03:14:09 pm
What if you could adapt the vga output of an ArcadeVGA card to a set of component outputs and hook it up to any TV with a set of component inputs?  Since the ArcadeVGA outputs 15khz (which is what a standard-rez tv does) it seems possible.  Any thoughts?

*shrug*...  if you used the VGA breakout cable that seems highly likely ... but how common/cheap are TV's with true COMPONENT inputs laying around, as opposed to arcade monitors  (and don't forget mounting).

So yeah... if you have one of these handy seems like it would work swimmingly.  YMMV --> it's just a reasonable guess on my part.

good luck!

Rampy
Title: Re:Here's an interesting "what if?"
Post by: b3atmania on December 19, 2003, 02:13:54 am
Quote from: rampy on December 07, 2003, 03:30:08 pm
Quote from: Todd H on December 07, 2003, 03:14:09 pm
What if you could adapt the vga output of an ArcadeVGA card to a set of component outputs and hook it up to any TV with a set of component inputs?  Since the ArcadeVGA outputs 15khz (which is what a standard-rez tv does) it seems possible.  Any thoughts?

*shrug*...  if you used the VGA breakout cable that seems highly likely ... but how common/cheap are TV's with true COMPONENT inputs laying around, as opposed to arcade monitors  (and don't forget mounting).

So yeah... if you have one of these handy seems like it would work swimmingly.  YMMV --> it's just a reasonable guess on my part.

good luck!

Rampy

I don't know where the poster is located, but in Europa and many Asian countries RGB component input on TV has been pretty common for years.

Mostly the circuits on branded sets from Phillips, Panasonic and Sony can handle both PAL and NTSC input, so they are pretty much like any 15kHz arcade monitor.
Title: Re:Here's an interesting "what if?"
Post by: Minwah on December 19, 2003, 04:50:09 am
Quote from: b3atmania on December 19, 2003, 02:13:54 am
I don't know where the poster is located, but in Europa and many Asian countries RGB component input on TV has been pretty common for years.

Mostly the circuits on branded sets from Phillips, Panasonic and Sony can handle both PAL and NTSC input, so they are pretty much like any 15kHz arcade monitor.


Yes TV's with Scart input usually have RGB inputs wired in, and can handle PAL or NTSC input.  The display using this and ArcadeVGA is superb - the same as an arcade monitor in fact :)

For once Europeans have something better than the Americans ;)
Title: Re:Here's an interesting "what if?"
Post by: AndyWarne on December 19, 2003, 11:30:07 am
Just to clarify something: Component Video is not the same thing at all as RGB. So RGB on European SCART can be used with the ArcadeVGA card, but component video as found on newer USA TVs is not the same at all as RGB. It's a more complex type of interface which uses a separate luminance/chrominance signal.

Andy