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Title: VCR to D9200
Post by: paigeoliver on July 19, 2005, 04:32:51 am
Is there a way to hook a VCR or other AV equipment up to a Wells Gardner D9200 monitor?
Title: Re: VCR to D9200
Post by: paigeoliver on July 19, 2005, 04:35:43 am
ANd to be more specific, is there a way to do it that doesn't involve hooking the VCR up to the computer and then running that to the monitor.
Title: Re: VCR to D9200
Post by: dabone on July 19, 2005, 09:33:47 am
http://www.aver.com/products/tvtuner_AVerTV_box5.shtml#2

You might want to give their tech support a ring and make sure you can set it up for
640x480.



Later,
dabone
Title: Re: VCR to D9200
Post by: Silverwind on July 19, 2005, 04:00:06 pm
I have an ATI TV wonder PCI.  It is a stand-alone card and not the all in wonder.

It has a video input and I have plugged in devices such as Playstation and a DVD player.  On my PC I can have it in a window or full screen.  This would be the easiest way to do it, through your PC with a tv tuner of some sort.

A straight through hook-up? I'm not sure about that one.
Title: Re: VCR to D9200
Post by: whammoed on July 19, 2005, 04:16:10 pm
ANd to be more specific, is there a way to do it that doesn't involve hooking the VCR up to the computer and then running that to the monitor.
Why don't you want to do it that way?  Won't the d9200 normally be hooked up to a pc anyway?
Title: Re: VCR to D9200
Post by: dabone on July 19, 2005, 04:54:10 pm
I'd imagine it's because he would like to be able to watch tv with having to run the
computer.


(It's also a easy way of hooking up a xbox, ps2, etc to the 9200)

Later,
dabone
Title: Re: VCR to D9200
Post by: paigeoliver on July 19, 2005, 05:34:07 pm
I'd imagine it's because he would like to be able to watch tv with having to run the
computer.


(It's also a easy way of hooking up a xbox, ps2, etc to the 9200)

Later,
dabone


EXACTLY.
Title: Re: VCR to D9200
Post by: richms on July 23, 2005, 12:04:02 am
The problem with using a PCI or USB tuner is there is a delay in the display. We were seeing a 2-3 field delay when comparing a PC tv tuner with a TV connected to the same source. This is unacceptable for gaming.
Title: Re: VCR to D9200
Post by: quadmasta on July 23, 2005, 12:07:39 am
See if you can find a converter that converts NTFS to PAL.  I'm pretty sure PAL will display on the monitor through SCART.
Title: Re: VCR to D9200
Post by: Silverwind on July 23, 2005, 11:09:01 am
The problem with using a PCI or USB tuner is there is a delay in the display. We were seeing a 2-3 field delay when comparing a PC tv tuner with a TV connected to the same source. This is unacceptable for gaming.

I have played PS1 through my tv tuner and it ran great.  For some reason cable TV feeds have a split second delay, and I'm not sure why.  The quality is still good IE no stuttering but it is a split second behind a regular TV. 

http://www.starkelectronic.com/vga300.htm
that sort of gives you an idea of a converter.. it is more expensive than a simple gender changer...