VGA to Component

[Marynik007]

My TV has a VGA inout on it but I think it will only do 640x480 so I wanted to use the component inputs to get the HD 1080i. I was searching for something to do this with and what I saw was a cable that had VGA on one side and the Component video on the other. Do these cables work? The other Item I saw was a little box that thewy wanted over $140 for! is there a diffrence? Will just the cables work or do I need that little box? Any help is apreciated. Thanks

Tom

 

[Rage187]

what video card?

does your video card have dvi?

 

[Todd33]

ATI sells or includes a component doggle (sp?). I got one with my X800 Pro.

 

[Marynik007]

no i just want vga to component it is an old pci card

 

[Matthias99]

The other Item I saw was a little box that thewy wanted over $140 for! is there a diffrence?

Yes. The box is a transcoder, which you need to go from VGA->component unless your video card has the hardware to do so built in. You can get them cheaper than $140, though; google for a 'vga box' and you should find some in the $50-100 range.

You cannot change the signals over with just cheap cables that modify the pinout (like ATI's component dongle). It's a completely different type of video signal.

 

[Marynik007]

OK thanks

 

[Marynik007]

Forgot to ask thoug if you see a VGA BOX that goes from component to VGA will it work backwards also VGA to Component

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: Marynik007
Forgot to ask thoug if you see a VGA BOX that goes from component to VGA will it work backwards also VGA to Component

I believe most are one-way. You could build one that did both, but it would cost more...