VGA to HDTV adapter help

[Shinare]

I have a small Mini-ITX computer that I want to connect to my HDTV. It has the onboard VGA video connector and was wondering if there was something out there that would simply convert the VGA connection to something like composit video. The ITX motherboard also has svideo out I believe.

Anyone out there do this and have any recomendations for me? Adding a videocard like an All-in-Wonder is right out, but I am considering getting a PVR-150 or 250. Would that do it?

 

[Matthias99]

I have a small Mini-ITX computer that I want to connect to my HDTV. It has the onboard VGA video connector and was wondering if there was something out there that would simply convert the VGA connection to something like composit video. The ITX motherboard also has svideo out I believe.

Anyone out there do this and have any recomendations for me? Adding a videocard like an All-in-Wonder is right out, but I am considering getting a PVR-150 or 250. Would that do it?

If you are stuck using integrated video, the only option would be to get an external VGA->component transcoder (~$100, I think). You need a discrete video card with component/DVI output support to be able to display on an HDTV (unless you have an HDTV that takes a VGA input). You could use the S-Video out, but you'll be limited to ~800x600 resolution, and the quality will not be as good as with component.

A video capture card does not normally output anything. There are a few exceptions (like the PVR-350, which can do hardware MPEG2 decode on an S-Video out) -- but even then it's not HD. I think there is an HD capture board that can do HD out, but I'm not real familiar with HD capture products. You might want to try www.avsforum.com.