Basic question on how to get HD Component Analog out of a PC

[JonoZee]

Some assistance is required:
A basic question towards building an HTPC. I want to continue to use my Phillips CRT TV which only takes Component Analog in, not HDMI.

Can I choose any Graphics card that has a D-Sub connector and then just use a simple "VGA" to Component RCA adapter cable?

What about CPU's with integrated graphics? If the motherboard has a D-SUB out, does that mean I am good to go?

Anything else I should be looking out for?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Fox5]

You could get an older video card that actually has component output and use that.

However, if your CRT TV doesn't have HDMI, it likely doesn't do HD over component. I had several Phillips CRT TVs, if they just had component they only did standard definition (480i resolution), if they did HD, they also had HDMI.

I don't think a vga to component adapter will work.

Something like this would work.
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?se...&cagpspn=pla&gclid=CJqP8dr33boCFU7xOgod1HMA2g

 

[VirtualLarry]

my 9600GSO PCI-E cards had a TV-out port, and came with a component output dongle for it.

 

[Iron Woode]

I had that issue with my old rear projection tv and my old Toshiba crt tv.

some old ATI cards came with S video out and a dongle that could do analog component video.

 

[SPBHM]

However, if your CRT TV doesn't have HDMI, it likely doesn't do HD over component. I had several Phillips CRT TVs, if they just had component they only did standard definition (480i resolution), if they did HD, they also had HDMI.
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some TVs had at least 480P/1080i support and no HDMI input

my last card with component output was the 9600GT (2008), I think other cards from that era probably have the same.
it's easy to identify, normally it have what looks like an S-Video connector.

 

[KingFatty]

Agreed, you need to dangle the dongle. I too have an older laptop like this, where it's a funny looking port (shaped like a PS/2 port but with a bunch more pins) that you insert the dongle and get the component video outputs.