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Monitor as extension TV?
Surrey Dave - 9/11/06 at 09:46 AM

Does anyone know of a make of TV sender that has a VGA out so that I could use a 15" lcd monitor as an extension tv in my kitchen , showing what is on the main TV.

or a source of a cheap scart to vga adaptor.

is there any reason I cannot wire my own if I get the pinouts?

liam.mccaffrey - 9/11/06 at 10:24 AM

http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/home.php?cat=205

these will convert tv-vga, you will have to run wires or use a seperate tv sender though, I looked into this a while back and i could nt find anything to convert tv-vga AND wirelessly send the signal.

i ended up buying this and using this to get sky in my bedroom on a 19" widescreen monitor

[Edited on 9/11/06 by liam.mccaffrey]

NS Dev - 9/11/06 at 10:30 AM

I used to have a monitor that had a twin audio plus single video input, not sure what that connection is called but it is the same as an audio lead but is for the video connection. You can easily buy scart to a/v leads, then send these via the sender if your monitor has a/v inputs??

(I had the same setup with a monitor in my kitchen relaying what was on in the living room so I wasn't left out when cooking during foody p155ups!!! )

ned - 9/11/06 at 11:02 AM

quote:
Originally posted by NS Dev
I used to have a monitor that had a twin audio plus single video input, not sure what that connection is called but it is the same as an audio lead but is for the video connection.

you mean rca/phono connectors nat?

NS Dev - 9/11/06 at 11:12 AM

they're the ones! Don't see em on many monitors these days but an old one of mine had them

MikeRJ - 9/11/06 at 11:18 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Surrey Dave
is there any reason I cannot wire my own if I get the pinouts?


Yes there is!. Horizontal and vertical scan rates are different (much higher on a VGA connection). The LCD monitor is unlikely to have native support for a PAL signal, so you need a scan converter.

http://www.marssystems.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=videoconsole

The above will do the job, but is Composite and SVideo input only. This is great if you want to run it from a video sender (which uses composite), but not so great if you want high quality pictures (then again, you don't get high quality video over a video sender).

liam.mccaffrey - 9/11/06 at 11:33 AM

the video sender quality is much better than vhs not quite as good as sky not much in it though

donut - 9/11/06 at 11:39 AM

Maplins would probably be able to help. They have EVERYTHING!!!

splitrivet - 9/11/06 at 12:53 PM

The Maplin's video sender is cr*p 6 metres range tops.
Somebody is bound to post that they're getting 23 miles out of thiers now.
Cheers,
Bob

Rich_T - 9/11/06 at 02:01 PM

Have you looked at the price of a 15" lcd tv. I seem to remember seeing them at below £150, possibly argos.

Rich

liam.mccaffrey - 9/11/06 at 02:28 PM

the whole point of me doing what I posted about above was because of the price of lcd tvs. i got a 19" widescreen monitor/tv form pc world for £160, what value!

Surrey Dave - 9/11/06 at 05:29 PM

Could use something like this and a sender...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gadmei-TV-Play-Video-Games/dp/B000FKP8YS

Would still only come to £60 ish , no point in spending much as you might as well buy an lcd tv....

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