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MonMotha:

--- Quote from: molton on May 31, 2012, 07:40:37 pm ---I believe the component red green blue connection is about the same as a vga connection but a different plug.

Amazon $3 VGA to RCA Component RGB Cable



then if you set your computer to 640x480 100Hz that should be about perfect for a TV I think.

as far as I know composite is the old school one yellow RCA plug and component is the red, green, blue plug just for the video.

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Just so you know, these don't work the way you think they do.  They're designed for some projectors that accept component (YPbPr) video on their "VGA" inputs via an option in the menus.  Hooking up your PC to your TV with a set of these generally won't work at all, but you might be able to futz around with it and get something in the wrong colorspace (it'll look VERY green) using sync-on-green.

A few video cards from both ATI and nVidia in the early-mid 2000s supported YPbPr component output.  They had a jack that provided S-video but also had extra pins, and a breakout cable was included.  Those are gems for this purpose.  They can do basically whatever you want and output directly to TV-compatible component video.

You're still limited by what the TV can do, of course.

molton:
I did not know that, but I found this thing

VGA to Component (YpbPr) Converter
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10114&cs_id=1011407&p_id=8668&seq=1&format=2



I never heard of monoprice before, it looks like that cable and this thing would do the trick

Malenko:

--- Quote from: ahofle on May 31, 2012, 04:29:52 pm ---The three colored RCA inputs are component, not composite.  Composite is usually a yellow RCA input (sometimes with red and white RCA audio inputs next to them).

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Ive never heard anyone refer to component connectors as "colored RCA" inputs. When someone types RCA they almost always mean yellow/red/white.

Im still curious what kind of video card he's using.

runawayabc123:
I have purchases a ton of Video cables (HDMI, VGA, etc) from mono price.  They are good to go.  Shipping sucks on smaller orders though. 

PL1:

--- Quote from: Malenko on June 01, 2012, 07:31:48 pm ---Ive never heard anyone refer to component connectors as "colored RCA" inputs. When someone types RCA they almost always mean yellow/red/white.

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Not everyone knows the right terminology or understands that RCA jack/plug just refers to that type of connector, but they will after reading this thread. ;D

Ethernet uses RJ-45 connectors. "Ethernet connector"
Serial ports and old joysticks use DB-9 connectors. "Serial connector" (Ignore the 25 pin version.)

In each case, the signal/application is commonly used as a shorthand, even though the connector name is not the same as the signal content.


Scott

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