svideo to VGA

[Dufman]

is it possibile to convert the svideo to VGA so i can have two moniters

i have a geforce TI400

 

[RaiderJ]

Possible, yes. Cost effective, no.

You would need some sort of converter, which, if it exists, wouldn't provide any sort of decent video quality. If you want dual monitors, the cheapest way would be to purchase an older PCI video card and use that to display your second monitor.

 

[ProviaFan]

I was looking at video scalers (convert composite and/or svideo to hd15 or dvi-d) in a catalog earlier. They're around US$1700 or so, and I'm not sure that these were even of a very good brand, either. Home theater freaks probably spend 3 times that much on video scalers for better quality.

Your best bet is to get something like the ATI Radeon 9000 Pro which offers excellent 2D image quality (not as good as Matrox, but the ATI has much better gaming performance than a Matrox G450 could ever hope to have), and dual display outputs for dual desktop setups. It also has TV-out, AFAIK, if you need that.

 

[Pariah]

You can find convertors for much less than that, quite a few under $1000. Of course you get what you pay for. Here's one for $81:

S-Video (and composite video) to VGA converter

I have no idea about the quality, and it only does 640x480 so not sure how useful that would be. Regardless, it would be much more cost effective and the quality would be far better if you bought a cheap PCI card or a new dual head AGP card.

 

[mee987]

viewsonic makes one for around $100. but seriously, just buy a cheap pci video card from the for sale forum.