johnk
Established Member
A query about VGA inputs on plasma screens.
As I understand it the HD-15 input accepts RGB-HV (i.e. separate horizonal and vertical sync) wheras most non-PC devices (DVD players etc) output RGB-Y (sync on composite). That's the full extent of my very iffy knowledge of this area.
Yet there seem to be plenty of RGB -> VGA cables out there that allow you, in theory, to connect your DVD player or whatever to the VGA input on your plasma (I'm not talking about converters such as the JS technology units, just straight, inexpensive cables). How do they work?
My specific reason for looking into this is that I'd like to connect my Pinnacle Showcenter to my LG (42PC1D) plasma's VGA input. The Showcenter has an option to output to a VGA monitor via the scart socket at a fixed 1024x768, 60Hz. Can I just buy a Scart to VGA cable to use this option? I did of course, contact Pinnacle support about what cable to buy, but couldn't get a sensible answer.
My plasma manual says the screen supports the following relevant VGA modes:
RGB[PC]: 1024x768, 48.363KHz horizontal, 60Hz vertical
RGB[DTV]: 1024x768, 45KHz horizontal, 60 Hz vertical
As I understand it the HD-15 input accepts RGB-HV (i.e. separate horizonal and vertical sync) wheras most non-PC devices (DVD players etc) output RGB-Y (sync on composite). That's the full extent of my very iffy knowledge of this area.
Yet there seem to be plenty of RGB -> VGA cables out there that allow you, in theory, to connect your DVD player or whatever to the VGA input on your plasma (I'm not talking about converters such as the JS technology units, just straight, inexpensive cables). How do they work?
My specific reason for looking into this is that I'd like to connect my Pinnacle Showcenter to my LG (42PC1D) plasma's VGA input. The Showcenter has an option to output to a VGA monitor via the scart socket at a fixed 1024x768, 60Hz. Can I just buy a Scart to VGA cable to use this option? I did of course, contact Pinnacle support about what cable to buy, but couldn't get a sensible answer.
My plasma manual says the screen supports the following relevant VGA modes:
RGB[PC]: 1024x768, 48.363KHz horizontal, 60Hz vertical
RGB[DTV]: 1024x768, 45KHz horizontal, 60 Hz vertical