Is there such a thing as an S-video to vga adaptor?

[kypron7]

Hello, I was contemplating on whether it was possible to use my Playstation2 or XBOX with my Samsung 225BW LCD Monitor. All the monitor has is a DVI and VGA input. Is there any affordable way to do this? Or ridiculously expensive way, for that matter?

 

[Pariah]

Yea, there are converters out there that will do it. Wouldn't spend less than about $150, and the sky is the limit on the highend. Often called scalers, just do a google search there is plenty of information out there if you look.

 

[Roguestar]

Often you're better spending the money on getting a small TV.

 

[kypron7]

Thanks, I'm checking it out, but it does seem expensive so far... Hmmm, maybe I should have bought an HDTV instead of a monitor....

 

[bruceb]

Have a look at this one:

http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/video-vga-gvm-2000.html

$90 plus postage

 

[Zap]

If you have that hooked up to your computer, you can get a capture card for the computer and hook up the consoles to it that way. One such product which claims to be for such a purpose is the Adaptec GameBridge.

Alternately you can sell your monitor and buy a TV. Better yet, sell it and buy a monitor WITH inputs. My wife's Dell 2007FPW (20" wide) has VGA, DVI, composite and s-video inputs.