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Title: Would a VGA to S -video adaptor work as opposed to new card ???
Post by: Panzer on February 09, 2007, 05:26:07 pm

Sorry to be a question whore....

Instead of buying a new video card, would a VGA to S-Video adaptor work right out of the box?

Title: Re: Would a VGA to S -video adaptor work as opposed to new card ???
Post by: davieboynj on February 09, 2007, 08:42:56 pm

they're usually pretty crappy. 

I'd stick to an ati card with svideo out.  I've had better experiences with those than nvidia.

Title: Re: Would a VGA to S -video adaptor work as opposed to new card ???
Post by: Fozzy The Bear on February 09, 2007, 08:52:14 pm

Quote from: Panzer on February 09, 2007, 05:26:07 pm

Sorry to be a question whore....
Instead of buying a new video card, would a VGA to S-Video adaptor work right out of the box?

The results from those things are not great at all, because of the poor quality downscaling they do. Buy an ATI card, you can get one that will do the business for Mame for the same price you're going to pay for that converter.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

Title: Re: Would a VGA to S -video adaptor work as opposed to new card ???
Post by: Panzer on February 09, 2007, 10:55:14 pm

Before i asked the question i had bought one off ebay for a total of $4.29. Figured it was worth a shot.

Title: Re: Would a VGA to S -video adaptor work as opposed to new card ???
Post by: ahofle on February 09, 2007, 10:56:37 pm

I had never even heard of those until you brought it up.  Let us know how it works out.

Title: Re: Would a VGA to S -video adaptor work as opposed to new card ???
Post by: Panzer on February 09, 2007, 11:21:43 pm

should have it in a day or two and i will post.

THanks all!

Here is the item as well.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=300077213097&rd=1&rd=1

Title: Re: Would a VGA to S -video adaptor work as opposed to new card ???
Post by: spacies on February 09, 2007, 11:31:41 pm

Look like an interesting item.

I would be keen to hear results too.

Title: Re: Would a VGA to S -video adaptor work as opposed to new card ???
Post by: Fozzy The Bear on February 09, 2007, 11:40:48 pm

Quote from: Panzer on February 09, 2007, 11:21:43 pm

should have it in a day or two and i will post.

THanks all!

Here is the item as well.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=300077213097&rd=1&rd=1

OUCH!!!! DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!!    Please be very careful with that cable!!!

It will only work if your graphics card has it's TV out on the normal monitor connection!!  Mostly, only "some" laptops do that. Most other graphics cards have their own dedicated TV out port.

Your 15 pin D connector normally only outputs 31Khz sync frequency, which will FRY a TV set!!! and possibly your card as well if you connect it. TV's work at 15Khz Sync.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

 

Title: Re: Would a VGA to S -video adaptor work as opposed to new card ???
Post by: Panzer on February 10, 2007, 09:37:19 am

Could I possibly use powerstrip ???

Title: Re: Would a VGA to S -video adaptor work as opposed to new card ???
Post by: Fozzy The Bear on February 10, 2007, 07:32:24 pm

Quote from: Panzer on February 10, 2007, 09:37:19 am

Could I possibly use powerstrip ???

You could use Powerstrip..... The downside there is that it won't be active until after windows has loaded. So you have to find some way of preventing any output being sent to your TV set until windows has loaded and is running. AND that's assuming that your graphics card is capable of being set into a 15Khz mode.

Trust me on this one. If you keep going this route it's going to end up costing you even more money.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

Title: Re: Would a VGA to S -video adaptor work as opposed to new card ???
Post by: Panzer on February 11, 2007, 10:49:20 am

Ok.

You've sold me on not using it.

Thank you!

Title: Re: Would a VGA to S -video adaptor work as opposed to new card ???
Post by: DarkDraco on February 12, 2007, 11:49:43 am

theres a nice 64mb pci/agp card with VGA/Svid card for like 23$ on newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2010380048+4093&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48