Boris Blank
Prominent Member
Looking for a VGA adapter/transcoder for my XBox I came across this;
http://www.viewsonic.com/products/video_vb50hrtv.cfm#top
Interestingly it appears to scale Svideo and Composite input upto 1024x768 and outputs it as VGA. It also has RGB (15 pin vga type connector) pass-thru.
Here's a review;
http://www.iemag.com/review_preview/accessories/vb50hrtv/index.asp
Whilst not exactly cutting edge, its the kind of thing I've been looking for to display Sky, Xbox etc on my CRT. As most of my viewing on the CRT is approx 95% DVD's using a Cinematrix modded DVD player, I'm loathe to spend good money on a "decent" external scaler which would have little use. This may very well be what I and a lot of other folks are looking for.
No 50hz option (yet?) but it does do 60hz & 75hz, the TV tuner is probably useless over here and it might not deal with PAL input but even without these it appears to be a bargain!! Quality may not be of a high-end order but then again at that price I wouldn't expect it to be!
I'm keeping an eye on this, poverty forces me to wait a while before taking a risk and getting one - any of you with cash to burn willing to get one and review it here?
Regards,
Paul
http://www.viewsonic.com/products/video_vb50hrtv.cfm#top
Interestingly it appears to scale Svideo and Composite input upto 1024x768 and outputs it as VGA. It also has RGB (15 pin vga type connector) pass-thru.
Here's a review;
http://www.iemag.com/review_preview/accessories/vb50hrtv/index.asp
Whilst not exactly cutting edge, its the kind of thing I've been looking for to display Sky, Xbox etc on my CRT. As most of my viewing on the CRT is approx 95% DVD's using a Cinematrix modded DVD player, I'm loathe to spend good money on a "decent" external scaler which would have little use. This may very well be what I and a lot of other folks are looking for.
No 50hz option (yet?) but it does do 60hz & 75hz, the TV tuner is probably useless over here and it might not deal with PAL input but even without these it appears to be a bargain!! Quality may not be of a high-end order but then again at that price I wouldn't expect it to be!
I'm keeping an eye on this, poverty forces me to wait a while before taking a risk and getting one - any of you with cash to burn willing to get one and review it here?
Regards,
Paul