Electrical Engineering - Computer to Scart

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Computer to Scart

Bobby Secker

2008-01-23, 1:25 pm

Is there a coverter that I can use to convert the monitor
output on my laptop to a scart signal to plug into my TV

I'm in the UK.

Is there a circuit I could build or a device I could buy ?

Cheers.

Stubby Secker.

John Nice

2008-01-23, 1:25 pm

"Bobby Secker" <stub@lsecksss.com> wrote in message
news:1201102926.83789.0@iris.uk.clara.net...
> Is there a coverter that I can use to convert the monitor
> output on my laptop to a scart signal to plug into my TV
>
> I'm in the UK.
>
> Is there a circuit I could build or a device I could buy ?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Stubby Secker.
>

Google "VGA SCART"

John

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Palindrome

2008-01-23, 1:25 pm

John Nice wrote:
> "Bobby Secker" <stub@lsecksss.com> wrote in message
> news:1201102926.83789.0@iris.uk.clara.net...
>
> Google "VGA SCART"
>
Just to add - if the OP does so, he will find the circuit he wants:

http://www.nexusuk.org/projects/vga2scart/circuit

The electronics is trivial - what tends to be difficult is getting the
right software settings to produce a reasonable display. Plus, when you
do so, the result is still disappointing. Many of the settings are not
only critical, but far from obvious to set.

That is why the commercial units do far more in hardware, including
image size adjustment and pan/scroll/zoom functions.

An option that the OP should consider is not to use the laptop monitor
out, but buy a USB2 <>video device. This will both produce as good a
picture on both TV and laptop, simultaneously, but will allow both
screens to be used as they should - eg working on the laptop screen,
whilst using the extended desktop on the TV for things like watching
movies - or simply use as a place to store open documents not currently
being worked on..

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Sue

Tomi Holger Engdahl

2008-01-28, 9:25 am

"Bobby Secker" <stub@lsecksss.com> writes:

> Is there a coverter that I can use to convert the monitor
> output on my laptop to a scart signal to plug into my TV
>
> I'm in the UK.
>
> Is there a circuit I could build or a device I could buy ?

Read information on conversion involved at
http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/vga2tv/index.html

There is information, links to products,
circuit to build etc..

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