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I have a dvd player w/ component out and would like to watch it on my pc monitor. I am in a dorm room and can't get a tv because I don't have that type of cash to blow. Steren makes a cable that does male component video to famale vga (hd15 I think). I know that these two interfaces "speak" different languages, but I am under the impression that if it would not work, why the hell would they make it? (thinks of bose and then reconsiders question) Anyhow, I know that if you don't have such a cable you have to get a (transciever?) from a company like key or something that will cost a lot of money. Will this work or will I have to get a converter box?
I see one for $44
http://www.cliffracer.com/store/product_info.php/cPath/25/products_id/55
here and think that it would be cheapest and take the guess work out of this
sorry if this is confusing, I am scatterbrained.
Chris
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The description claims it will work, so buy one and report back on what happens.However, for about $50, if you catch a sale, you can buy an entire 13-inch TV at any of the big chains, with composite video in terminals. I saw one in Wal Mart the other day I think was 49.95. The only reason I can think of that you would want to try to go to your Monitor is to save space in the dorm room, tho if you have a nice flat panel monitor this might be worth the experiment. I am clueless as to what the video quality would be. Historically this was done on a computer card, but the video image quality was poor with very shaky lines and ghosting. I wouldn't go in with the expectation that it would be better than or even as good as the standard $49 13-inch Wal Mrt TV, tho I could be pleasantly surprised.
Be aware that if this were that 15 inch LCD flat-panel Computer monitors now routinely retail for under $200. If converting a video TV signal so that ot looks right on an LCD monitor were cheap and simple to do we would be seeing 15-inch flat-panel TVs for $200 or less too, but they typically still run $400 or more, which leads me to the conclusion that this likely can't be done with acceptable image quality using a $44 box and cable. But on occasion, I have been pleasantly surprised on what works.
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