Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Video Sender to PC Monitor - Possible?

  • 28-02-2006 1:44pm
    #1
    strombone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭


    Hi there,

    I use a wireless a/v sender to send the Sky signal from the living room to the kitchen. It works a treat and was the best €50 I ever spent (Lidl).

    Currently we have an old 14" CRT in the kitchen and we're looking to upgrade. Here's my question - since we don't utilise the tuner on the TV in the kitchen (just the input from the A/V sender by scart), would it be possible for me to buy and use an LCD PC monitor (with speakers) rather than an LCD TV? I'm assuming a lcd monitor without tuner is cheaper than a lcd monitor with tuner.

    Since an LCD monitor will have VGA and/or DVI input, is there a cable or adapter solution that will allow the A/V senders signal (scart or composite cable) be input into a PC monitor? Not looking for anything fancy, just reliablity and video+sound into the monitor.

    Any advice greatfully received. TIA.


Comments

  • #2
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,445 ✭✭✭✭watty


    No. Typically a VGA monitor has a minimum horizontal frequency of 31KHz (640 x480 vga similar to progressive NTSC) and is RGB only.

    The signal from the AV out is interlaced PAL. No RGB. The horizontal frequency is about 15.625KHz. You would need a Composite Video to VGA adaptor. These cost about the same as an entire LCD TV.

    A 15" LCD TV is about the same price as a Monitor anyway as it is usually much lower resolution. Typically a 15" LCD monitor is 1024 x 768 which is not high enough to show resampled 768 x 576 or 720 x 576 PAL decently, and if used pixel for pixel would give a very shrunken picture.

    You'll find that with non-analog feeds (VCD, SVCD, DVD, DV camera, Satellite, Digital cable) that often the LCD image is a lot worse than CRT screen, unless the underlying digital resolution matches the native pixels of the screen. With analog video feed (TV aerial, VHS, Chorus/NTL analog) any noise in the picture is accentuated.


Advertisement