Justin Shands wrote: > *>Daniel Tso wrote:* > >I used to get these small VGA->NTSC converters for $40 that worked > >perfectly fine... not sure if you think they'd be costing a lot more... > > Any current examples? The closest I can find is eBay, and even those > seem to be in the 60-80 dollar range, for brands that seem shady and > bulky units. Its unlikely that I can now get those same units, but I do see on ebay a few in the $40 range, including one that is powered from the keyboard socket (5V, just like the previous units I had ... I built a PS/2 to USB cable to power the unit from USB), and another $40 unit that is more flexible in its input (it can apparently accept up to XGA video input): http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-AITech-Web-Cable-PC-VGA-to-NTSC-TV-Scan-Converter_W0QQitemZ200157314682QQihZ010QQcategoryZ3666QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/Laptop-Mac-PC-VGA-to-TV-S-Video-Converter-1024x768-NTSC_W0QQitemZ190158694559QQihZ009QQcategoryZ3759QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I just bought one of the latter ones to see how well it works... doesn't hurt to have more of these around... :-) (I had 5 of the previous ones, which I used with the old Albatech Personal Monitors HMD's... worked pretty well)... _______________________________________________ Wear-Hard mailing listhttp://www.haven.org/mailman/listinfo/wear-hard
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