Composite to VGA/HDMI

KamelRed

KamelRed

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I'm looking to play my old consoles that use composite output on my LCD Monitor. I know there a slew of converter boxes (fucking pricey) and using a video capture card might be an option. Basically, I'm looking to find out if other people are using either of these options for the same purpose as myself and have some input (pros, cons, etc). I'm not worried about audio as I have a couple cables for that part its just the video I'm concerned with.
 
use a VCR :) probably your cheapest option

tuner card wont work, there will be a significant amount of lag (lol I've been there already)
 
If your LCD monitor doesn't have the inputs already there really isn't going to be an easy option.
My 22" Westy has composite, s-video, component, vga and DVI.......

just get an good old CRT TV, it will be alot easier, cheaper and will look a whole lot better than trying to get a Standard Def signal to display on a High Def LCD, trust me, i have played around with it alot and even with my monitors support for it it still looks like dank!
 
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If your not using a converter box or some other sort of input device like a TV Tuner card why bother replying? VCR wtf. Your monitor has composite inputs, that's nice, mine doesn't which is why I'm asking for input on the other ways to display it.

For example, if I asked a question about the best way of cutting a circle out of paper with scissors, one of you would reply saying to use my hands to tear it out while the other reply would be about how his scissors have a more ergonomic handle but still cuts a less then satisfactory circle. They both have zero relevance to the question asked.
 
+1 Diablo2K

I try many methods but getting composite/component to run on a monitor that doesn't support it is tough. In the end the best route you can go will still look unappealing.

Hit up craigslist for a cheap CRT TV and it will look better and cheaper than any adapter or tuner you can get for your desktop.

Or the other option is to buy a new monitor.
 
doah, I misunderstood what you were looking to do (I thought you wanted to convert coax to composite)

but yeah, you'll either need a new monitor/tv or you'll need a converter box
 
KamelRed said:
If your not using a converter box or some other sort of input device like a TV Tuner card why bother replying? VCR wtf. Your monitor has composite inputs, that's nice, mine doesn't which is why I'm asking for input on the other ways to display it.

For example, if I asked a question about the best way of cutting a circle out of paper with scissors, one of you would reply saying to use my hands to tear it out while the other reply would be about how his scissors have a more ergonomic handle but still cuts a less then satisfactory circle. They both have zero relevance to the question asked.
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Sorry, I had a brain fart and deleted part of my post during editing it and deleted to much.
what I was going to say even with the correct connections the quality was low at but still playable. I have also hooked up an Xbox (first one) useing a TV tuner card (ATI TV Wonder PCI) useing composite and Svideo and both were very poor quality.
Text was really hard to read and picture was fuzzy and blocky.
I have even tried useing the VIVO port on a video card (ati 9500 pro I believe) and the quality was the same.

This has been my experience, differant hardware/software scales SD video in differant ways and there may be newer TV Tuners that can produce better quality. I just have never tried any of them.
Dscaler had differant filters you could choose and these did make alot of differance when watching TV useing the ATI TV Wonder. Theres no Vista Drivers for that TV tuner so I cant install it and get you some screen caps unfortionatly, the quality might be good enough for you and the games you play, they just were not for me.
 
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