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Thunderchild · 25th January 2008, 11:23 AM

can you buy a dvd player with VGA output so that you can hook a pc screen to it I don't watch television so something like my 19" 15:10 screen on a DVD player would be great but I've never seen one or know if they exist

picbits · 25th January 2008, 11:30 AM

You could always go for a TV to VGA converter. I used to use one on our Xbox so the kiddie could play his Xbox through his monitor.

Its got 3 inputs for composite video and one for the PC.

Still got it somewhere if you get desperate and want to buy one - I'll let you have it for £30 delivered if thats any good to you.

Thunderchild · 25th January 2008, 11:34 AM

yes but what about the quality, I mean TV quality is less than the original DVD then it will get reblown up to 1440 X 900 pixels, tv is someting like 600 isn't it ? the DVD comes as 720

by the way I live in the northants area too so I could come get it but I'm not in a hurry to have one just curios for now

picbits · 25th January 2008, 11:37 AM

If you want to pop over and borrow it to see if its any good for you feel free.

Its just sitting in a bag in the garage at the moment doing nothing.

picbits · 25th January 2008, 11:39 AM

Wow - small world - you're only 4.5 miles from me

Thunderchild · 25th January 2008, 11:44 AM

hehe how did you figure exactly 4.5 miles ?

picbits · 25th January 2008, 11:48 AM

Grabbed your postcode off your CV on your website, bunged it in Multimap.com and did a route between the two houses lol.

I'm in Wellingborough on the south/south-west side to quite near you.

Thunderchild · 25th January 2008, 11:56 AM

oh right yes I thought you msy have gone to such lengths,
did you use it to play a DVD on a pc screen ? how much power does it use basically my idea is why should I run a whole computer just to watch a DVD as the tv on our dvd player is a titchy crt I got thinking.

picbits · 25th January 2008, 12:06 PM

Not used it with a DVD but it played the Xbox stuff reasonably well.

Power usage is a couple of watts - it runs off a wall wart.

Like I said - feel free to borrow it for a bit and see what you think.

**Nigel Goodwin** · 25th January 2008, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by picbits

I'm in Wellingborough on the south/south-west side to quite near you.

Funnily enough my younger brother used to live in Wellingborough, in a new house (at the time) right next to the train station car park - he used to commute to London, and could jump over the fence and walk to the station.

picbits · 25th January 2008, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin

Funnily enough my younger brother used to live in Wellingborough, in a new house (at the time) right next to the train station car park - he used to commute to London, and could jump over the fence and walk to the station.

Funnily enough "back in the old days" you could get off a train at night at Wellingborough and jump over the fence avoiding having to pay for the fare if you had got the wrong ticket.

Thunderchild · 25th January 2008, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by picbits

Funnily enough "back in the old days" you could get off a train at night at Wellingborough and jump over the fence avoiding having to pay for the fare if you had got the wrong ticket.

ah yes the good old days pity they not only stopped the trains stopping in Irchester but totaly removed the station just in case the village protested hard enough to get the service back

**Nigel Goodwin** · 25th January 2008, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by picbits

Funnily enough "back in the old days" you could get off a train at night at Wellingborough and jump over the fence avoiding having to pay for the fare if you had got the wrong ticket.

Apparently if you catch the train from Chesterfield to Sheffield (or the other way) it's rare to ever have to pay, the journey is too short to get caught!

justDIY · 25th January 2008, 04:14 PM

@OP:

if you have a DVD player that has component outputs (almost all of the cheapies do these days), you can then get a component to hd15 cable (vga type connector)

your monitor needs to be good enough to sync to broadcast timings instead of vesa standard timings. most of your CRT monitors will be able to handle this, but it will be hit and miss when it comes to lcd's

if you have a monitor, and a computer, why not play the dvd on the computer, and connect the computer to the monitor?

wmmullaney · 25th January 2008, 04:22 PM

It would save power to use a converter, and maybe he doesn't have one.(A dvd player in computer)

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25th January 2008, 11:23 AM	(permalink)
Thunderchild	DVD player with VGA output can you buy a dvd player with VGA output so that you can hook a pc screen to it I don't watch television so something like my 19" 15:10 screen on a DVD player would be great but I've never seen one or know if they exist __________________ I AM the exeption that disproves the rule in many ways but the rules still apply (unfortunately) my site:www.simons-photography.com http://rushdenrotaract.org.uk see also http://www.bigstockphoto.com/account...fid=m2URATYch5 http://www.redbubble.com/people/simonsphotography

25th January 2008, 11:30 AM	(permalink)
picbits	You could always go for a TV to VGA converter. I used to use one on our Xbox so the kiddie could play his Xbox through his monitor. Its got 3 inputs for composite video and one for the PC. Still got it somewhere if you get desperate and want to buy one - I'll let you have it for £30 delivered if thats any good to you.

25th January 2008, 11:34 AM	(permalink)
Thunderchild	yes but what about the quality, I mean TV quality is less than the original DVD then it will get reblown up to 1440 X 900 pixels, tv is someting like 600 isn't it ? the DVD comes as 720 by the way I live in the northants area too so I could come get it but I'm not in a hurry to have one just curios for now __________________ I AM the exeption that disproves the rule in many ways but the rules still apply (unfortunately) my site:www.simons-photography.com http://rushdenrotaract.org.uk see also http://www.bigstockphoto.com/account...fid=m2URATYch5 http://www.redbubble.com/people/simonsphotography

25th January 2008, 11:37 AM	(permalink)
picbits	If you want to pop over and borrow it to see if its any good for you feel free. Its just sitting in a bag in the garage at the moment doing nothing.

25th January 2008, 11:39 AM	(permalink)
picbits	Wow - small world - you're only 4.5 miles from me

25th January 2008, 11:44 AM	(permalink)
Thunderchild	hehe how did you figure exactly 4.5 miles ? __________________ I AM the exeption that disproves the rule in many ways but the rules still apply (unfortunately) my site:www.simons-photography.com http://rushdenrotaract.org.uk see also http://www.bigstockphoto.com/account...fid=m2URATYch5 http://www.redbubble.com/people/simonsphotography

25th January 2008, 11:48 AM	(permalink)
picbits	Grabbed your postcode off your CV on your website, bunged it in Multimap.com and did a route between the two houses lol. I'm in Wellingborough on the south/south-west side to quite near you.

25th January 2008, 11:56 AM	(permalink)
Thunderchild	oh right yes I thought you msy have gone to such lengths, did you use it to play a DVD on a pc screen ? how much power does it use basically my idea is why should I run a whole computer just to watch a DVD as the tv on our dvd player is a titchy crt I got thinking. __________________ I AM the exeption that disproves the rule in many ways but the rules still apply (unfortunately) my site:www.simons-photography.com http://rushdenrotaract.org.uk see also http://www.bigstockphoto.com/account...fid=m2URATYch5 http://www.redbubble.com/people/simonsphotography

25th January 2008, 12:06 PM	(permalink)
picbits	Not used it with a DVD but it played the Xbox stuff reasonably well. Power usage is a couple of watts - it runs off a wall wart. Like I said - feel free to borrow it for a bit and see what you think.

25th January 2008, 04:14 PM	(permalink)
justDIY	@OP: if you have a DVD player that has component outputs (almost all of the cheapies do these days), you can then get a component to hd15 cable (vga type connector) your monitor needs to be good enough to sync to broadcast timings instead of vesa standard timings. most of your CRT monitors will be able to handle this, but it will be hit and miss when it comes to lcd's if you have a monitor, and a computer, why not play the dvd on the computer, and connect the computer to the monitor? __________________ If you don't have a planet, what good are gold bars? want to contact me directly? gmail gordonthree check out my project website: http://projects.dimension-x.net Favorite numbers: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

25th January 2008, 04:22 PM	(permalink)
wmmullaney	It would save power to use a converter, and maybe he doesn't have one.(A dvd player in computer) __________________ Regards, William Mullaney "HOPE for the best, EXPECT the worst, ACCEPT whatever comes." http://wiliamsville.myminicity.com/ http://wiliamsville.myminicity.com/ind/ http://wiliamsville.myminicity.com/tra/