DTVuser2009

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Jay

Problem is you need a VGA to Coax connector. Which doesn't exist (I'm sure there's a technical reason for it, but I don't know at this point). If you do manage to find a way to convert VGA to RCA and then connect it to a RF modulator of some sort, the signal quality will have dropped throughout the whole process by the time it reaches your TV.

staticMHZ

You need a VGA Transcoder to convert the signal to Composite.

Amazon.com: VGA BOX PC Monitor LCD AV Input Convertor Selector: Electronics

like that

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Jay

From what I understand of his post, I think he only has coax inputs.

Piggie

Looking at the block diagram since you can't read the writing on the jacks on the back (or I can't) it only outputs VGA to a monitor. Am I seeing that right?

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DTVuser2009

yeah i have dual coax on the tv but my vcr has two RCA inputs too. VGA to RCA would work.

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Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my hard disk?!

Jay

If you decide to go this route, I expect to see a follow up here at the forum. From what I've read on other forums, everyone seems to decry and dismiss the VGA to RCA to Coax solution because it causes too much signal loss.

1inxs

Oh, DTVuser2009. If you had searched the DTVUSA Forum you would have found this thread. Converter for my LCD monitor

No really, I'm just kidding around with you. It isn't really feasible unless you're attempting to overcome limited space. You would first need to convert it to composite and then connect it through a modulator for it to work. It would cost more than finding a good used TV with the proper connections.

DTVuser2009

I don't know of any good used TVs with VGA-in ports. S-Video, A/V input, output to A/V (RCA Plugs) but not any i know of with VGA-in.

The VCR would act as an RF Modulator. the point is keeping my TV a TV while enabling features found in Media Center PCs. or even using my Laptop as a playback of recorded Flash and DivX video. i have so much recorded stuff and even commercials in a playlist emulating the 1982 era of Nickelodeon and a canned version of some Boomerang shows. the ability to watch them on my TV is too good to pass up. that and still enabling OTA access.

Putting a 19" Computer CRT display kinda takes the fun out of 'TV' even if it is internet enabled. that and they don't make Console computer CRTs. I understand quality loss but i'm not looking for HD here. and i'm not too picky. heck i cannot tell a 1080P from a good digital picture on a SDTV. my eyes aren't good enough for that.

The idea was to use my internet-enabled laptop as another video device kinda like a VCR but with internet access. download video and play it back or stream it live. would open up more than i get from just OTA only. plus i don't have to suffer the life of viewing my favorites (not available on OTA) on an 8" screen.

The original question was is there a VGA-RCA A/V adapter? i was asking before i go over 30 miles to town to find out nothing such exists. there's got to be a reason brand new laptops are still shipped with VGA out ports when most external computer monitors have gone further than that. as in presentations, etc where people use VGA as a video out source to a projector or other type of display not a computer monitor.

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staticMHZ

perhaps you could find a set that has a/v jacks already on it?

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