Posted by ng_reader on 12/01/06 17:43

"John Howells" <john@howells-99.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Richard" <nogood@email.com> wrote
>
>> Hi. A friend wants to be able to use a PC monitor with a DVD player.
>>
>> Can he buy an adaptor cable to do this?
>
> Almost certainly not.
>
>> I'm thinking, can he get a cable that plugs into the scart socket on his
>> DVD, and the plugs into the PC "ideo in"socket?
>
> Almost certainly not.
>
>> I suppose he may have other "video out" options on his DVD player.
>> Perhaps
> I
>> ought to suss them out.
>>
>> I don't think he needs a transcoder.
>
> I think he does. Unless either the DVD player has a VGA output (hardly any
> do) or the PC monitor has a specific AV in port (hardly any do).
>
> The number five signals used by a PC are different from the four by a DVD
> SCART socket. A PC monitor usually only works at a line frequency above
> 30kHz while the line frequency from a SCART socket is 15.6kHz. Usually you
> need a AV to VGA video processor, such as
> http://www.lektropacks.co.uk/view_item.php?product=1000852&&category=146,
> though I have never used one.
>
> I suggest you search Google Groups for "pc monitor dvd player" (without
> the
> quotes) for more information.
>
> John Howells
>
>

SCART is a funny word. I think you only use it on your side of the pond.

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