Can i plug a video rca to a PC monitor ?

[janey6152]

I have a plug in play game. I want to make a bartop and not have to use a PC borad  Such as Mame .
just wanna  take it apart and plug it into a PC monitor , Is the an adapter to do this ?

[ahofle]

There are converters that do this.  Here is one that has VGA output (no idea what the quality would be like though).

[shardian]

My old IBM PC had a monitor which also had RCA plugs in the back. I used that monitor for my Genesis/32x back in the day. Nowadays, I have no clue how that was done. I do wish I still had that monitor though.

So I guess my advice is hit the junk stores looking for ancient pc's and look at the back of the monitors for RCA plugs.

[knave]

My old IBM PC had a monitor which also had RCA plugs in the back. I used that monitor for my Genesis/32x back in the day. Nowadays, I have no clue how that was done. I do wish I still had that monitor though.

So I guess my advice is hit the junk stores looking for ancient pc's and look at the back of the monitors for RCA plugs.

I have an old commidore monitor that also has rca plugs...I still use it as a back up for my consoles...I think it has RGB inputs as well...so I could use it as an arcade monitor too.

My question to you is: Why not use a 13" TV? I'm pretty sure you could find one cheap or free.  If you want a bigger Bartop use a 19" or 20" TV.  Most likely any TV you picked up would be cheaper than the converter from the link above.

I've looked for the same device in order to use a cheap 19 or 20" LCD monitor with my Plug and play.  This is the most inexpensive one I've seen.  Usually they are $80 or more.
Expect VCR quality Video.

[janey6152]

reason why i ask is i have about 10 pc monitor sitting around doing nothing.
so i fig i could make some mame, plug n  play  with them...

[whatzcrackn]

goto ebay and type in vga box, you will get a lot of options.  You might be able to hook up consoles to if you have them!!

[RayB]

I have an old commidore monitor that also has rca plugs...I still use it as a back up for my consoles...

Those aren't multi-sync monitors. Big difference between PC monitors and arcade/tv/C64 style monitors.

Composite to multi-sync convertors cost too much. You're better off just finding cheap used 13" televisions.

[knave]

I have an old commidore monitor that also has rca plugs...I still use it as a back up for my consoles...

Those aren't multi-sync monitors. Big difference between PC monitors and arcade/tv/C64 style monitors.

Composite to multi-sync convertors cost too much. You're better off just finding cheap used 13" televisions.

Ah, you're totally right...It has no vga input.  Not that I'd want it...the resolution is too low for any real computing...I was just trying to think of monitors with rca plugs...