Surrey Dave
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| posted on 9/11/06 at 09:46 AM |
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Monitor as extension TV?
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?
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 9/11/06 at 10:24 AM |
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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]
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NS Dev
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| posted on 9/11/06 at 10:30 AM |
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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!!! )
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ned
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| posted on 9/11/06 at 11:02 AM |
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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?
beware, I've got yellow skin
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NS Dev
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| posted on 9/11/06 at 11:12 AM |
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they're the ones! Don't see em on many monitors these days but an old one of mine had them
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 9/11/06 at 11:18 AM |
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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).
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 9/11/06 at 11:33 AM |
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the video sender quality is much better than vhs not quite as good as sky not much in it though
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donut
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| posted on 9/11/06 at 11:39 AM |
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Maplins would probably be able to help. They have EVERYTHING!!!  
Andy
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splitrivet
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| posted on 9/11/06 at 12:53 PM |
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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
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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Rich_T
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| posted on 9/11/06 at 02:01 PM |
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Have you looked at the price of a 15" lcd tv. I seem to remember seeing them at below £150, possibly argos.
Rich
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 9/11/06 at 02:28 PM |
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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!
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 9/11/06 at 05:29 PM |
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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....
[Edited on 9/11/06 by Surrey Dave]
 
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