Connect DVD player rca video to lcd monitor

[hexin]

I have a lcd monitor with only VGA input. How do I connect it with my DVD player with RCA n s-video output?

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Basically you don't! - they run at entirely different frequencies.

You can buy adaptors, that do a crude standards conversion, but I don't think their picture quality is anything to get excited about?.

 

[Sceadwian]

No, if you want to convert with any degree of video fidelity it needs to be processed relatively heavily. Most capture devices that do that kind of conversion convert it to a digital image and then back to an analog one because a little bit of digital trickery will clean up the image quiet a bit. You really need to look at the specs on your LCD monitor as there's a slim chance it may be compatible with TV frequencies. You still need to decode the NTSC signal from the RCA plug and feed the monitor the RGB and H and V signals. This is no easy task.

 

[Blueteeth]

Hi,

S-video, or composite video only would both require extensive processing in order to seperate the R,G, and B parts.

If your DVD player happens to have a SCART, then that *should* have the lines for R,G and B seperately, as well as the composite signal for horizontal and vertical sync. It'll be very tricky though, as others pointed out, the frequency of scan will be different. The horizontal/vertical scan frequency would probably require some tweaking, that is, use the sync from the scart as a reference and generate a horizontal scan frequency thats in sync but higher in frequency. It gets complicated very quickly. I seem to remember phillips doing a 'one chip' solution for conversion, don't know if they do samples, I've got a 7" TFT that has a phillips PAL/NTSC decoder on board, generates all the timing necessary (for the syncs...you just connect the RGB lines straight trough for VGA) , part number is obscured though, sorry. Unless you really want to build something and are well versed in electronics, probably not advisable to prototype.

Blueteeth.

Ps. Can't say I know much about video, just the basic's, like running a small (controllerless) TFT from VGA, and very basic PAL/NTSC knowledge, so don't take this seriously.

 

[The Mad Professor]

I have a lcd monitor with only VGA input. How do I connect it with my DVD player with RCA n s-video output?

Would this lcd monitor be the same one you normally use for
your computer or is it you have a spare one that you wish
to convert so that it accepts RGB signals ?

 

[urban_rapp3r]

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jus buy an inexpensive external tv tuner which contains input for dvd player.this worked for me n tv tuner was around 20 dollars.