SOmething for putting 2 vga's into one

CyberWaste

If this is in wrong place, please move. Anyway, I have a dell monitor, that has 2 vga inputs, a small blue one, and a bigger grey one. I have the xbox 360 connected to the small one and the pc connected to the other. Anyway, what I want is, im not sure what these are called as im looking on ebay for one, but a thing that will allow me to connect 2 vga;s into one port.
For example, I have this tv thing that allows me put the tv antenna into a vga input and watch tv on the monitor, but then I have to remove the xbox 360, is there anything I can get that will allow me to connect 2 vga's into one, you get what I mean?
BTW, my monitor has 3 channels, one for pc, xbox 360 and a free one.

conceited

4way

http://cgi.ebay.ie/4-Way-VGA-Data-Switch-Box-Splitter-Monitor-Switchbox-PC_W0QQitemZ260252498559QQihZ016QQcategoryZ45341QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

2way
http://cgi.ebay.ie/2-Way-Manual-VGA-Switch_W0QQitemZ360063087626QQihZ023QQcategoryZ45341QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


I personally would go with the 2 way manual switch as the 4 port broke on me not so long ago.
Handy little yolks.

CyberWaste

Is that the cheapest way to do it? Theres no cable like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/2way-SVGA-VGA-Splitter-Y-Cable-2-way-1-Male-2-Females-W_W0QQitemZ290238883330QQihZ019QQcategoryZ41999QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
that would work, as im on a tight budget.

Also, you see this: http://cgi.ebay.com/Digital-USB-2-0-DVB-T-HDTV-TV-Tuner-Recorder-Receiver_W0QQitemZ180254889581QQihZ008QQcategoryZ3761QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
see on the antenna there, theres a small thing that looks like a jack for headphones, where does that go on the pc, could someone explain how that would work on a pc to watch tv, as i dont know much about hardware. thanks.

conceited

First one is only to duplicate what you have one one monitor to 2 monitors same picture.
I'm lost on the second one ,whats it for?
Edit i see now but i've no clue where that goes.As far as i can see he has all the software on the usb stick which replaces the tv cards .

CyberWaste

It says to watch Tv on your pc or is there an easier way to do it? I have a thing for putting an antenna into a vga but first, the atenna socket is too far away from the pc, and second as you know i cant have more than 2 vga's currently.

CyberWaste

Oh right so all I have to do is plug that usb device into the usb and I dont need a tv card to watch channels then? Also is there anything you can get to plug a cats ears into a pc for tv, like a usb device or something? Anyone else knows please help also.

CyberWaste

BUMP

To make it simpler, What im looking for is the opposite of that in the picture here: http://www.startech.com/item/DVIVGAYMM6.aspx Where the single VGA goes into the monitor and the 2 together are for, say xbox and ps3. You get what I mean? anyone?:(

Lee Snowflake

I don't understand what you are looking for? I use a Data Transfer Switch so I have my PC and Xbox 360 both connected to the same monitor. Is that what you are talking about?

Cuddlesworth

CyberWaste wrote: »

BUMP

To make it simpler, What im looking for is the opposite of that in the picture here: http://www.startech.com/item/DVIVGAYMM6.aspx Where the single VGA goes into the monitor and the 2 together are for, say xbox and ps3. You get what I mean? anyone?:(

I get what you mean. You need a KVM switch, all inputs go into the switch, one output goes to the monitor like this. They are designed so you can use 2 pc's at once without having to swap monitors etc. Problem is although you can have more then 2 inputs, you can mix the 2 cables as the signals are inherently different at the source. So you can only use it for one type, either vga(small cable) or Dvi(larger connection). Allright if you switch the two at the monitor.

The cable you have above would not work in most gfx cards or monitors, even in reverse. I'm assuming its a cable for a specific brand of card, most likely a quadro or Matrox low profile card pre-designed to output 2 channels over 1 cable. Either way its not what you want and they won't work for you.