DarkStar
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Hi All
Would really appreciate some help...recently bought a PTAE 100
Projector
and have been using S-Video to feed to it from my Home Cinema
Amp...but the picture quality is not as good as I was
hoping...predominantly I think because of the long cable run (about 20 metres..nothing I can do about that!)... a friend has recommended I try using the VGA input instead... so am looking for some advice on the best thing to use to convert S-Video to VGA (or XGA, or whatever the PTAE100 takes? I dont know the difference!)..this should mean I do a short S-Video cable run to a converter, which will convert it into VGA or something, and then do the long cable run to the projector...
I've read the FAQ for the forum, whihc talks about the 'Pro V', but the info is very old, and mos of th elinks dont work...so was hoping someone could let me know what the lates thinking is??
I have tracked down a few convertors which seem to do the job I
want, but I'm not sure which one to buy..I obviously want to spend as little as possible, and most of the convertors seem to do more than I need...but I don't want to sacrifice picture quality... Could some kind soul who understands all this kind of stuff take a look at the 2 links below and let me know what they think would be best?? Or is there a link to the 'Pro-v' which works?? Or have I have missed another option?
Huge thanks to anyone who can help me out!
http://www.threedoubleyou.com/tv-tuner.htm - either the 'LCD
External TV box w/Remote', or 'WORLDWIDE PLASMA TUNER BOX'
or 'PRESENTER 1 SCART RGB - XGA CONVERTER'
http://web6.scan.co.uk/Products/Info.asp?WPID=71989 - Scans 'PV500 Pro-V Progressive PC/TV Tuner Display System PAL I' .. Scan also seem to be about to release a cheaper version, but have not yet posted the spec of the product ( the LN6421 here :
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Products.ASP?CatID=53&Category=Multimedia/TV )
MANY Thanks
James
Would really appreciate some help...recently bought a PTAE 100
Projector
and have been using S-Video to feed to it from my Home Cinema
Amp...but the picture quality is not as good as I was
hoping...predominantly I think because of the long cable run (about 20 metres..nothing I can do about that!)... a friend has recommended I try using the VGA input instead... so am looking for some advice on the best thing to use to convert S-Video to VGA (or XGA, or whatever the PTAE100 takes? I dont know the difference!)..this should mean I do a short S-Video cable run to a converter, which will convert it into VGA or something, and then do the long cable run to the projector...
I've read the FAQ for the forum, whihc talks about the 'Pro V', but the info is very old, and mos of th elinks dont work...so was hoping someone could let me know what the lates thinking is??
I have tracked down a few convertors which seem to do the job I
want, but I'm not sure which one to buy..I obviously want to spend as little as possible, and most of the convertors seem to do more than I need...but I don't want to sacrifice picture quality... Could some kind soul who understands all this kind of stuff take a look at the 2 links below and let me know what they think would be best?? Or is there a link to the 'Pro-v' which works?? Or have I have missed another option?
Huge thanks to anyone who can help me out!
http://www.threedoubleyou.com/tv-tuner.htm - either the 'LCD
External TV box w/Remote', or 'WORLDWIDE PLASMA TUNER BOX'
or 'PRESENTER 1 SCART RGB - XGA CONVERTER'
http://web6.scan.co.uk/Products/Info.asp?WPID=71989 - Scans 'PV500 Pro-V Progressive PC/TV Tuner Display System PAL I' .. Scan also seem to be about to release a cheaper version, but have not yet posted the spec of the product ( the LN6421 here :
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Products.ASP?CatID=53&Category=Multimedia/TV )
MANY Thanks
James