Scart to VGA (or vice versa) Possible?
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Scart to VGA (or vice versa) Possible?
I have a soon to be redundant DVD player with a SCART socket, and I also have an LCD monitor with a VGA socket. On the face of it, the two items would make a dedicated DVD system.
I have a feeling that linking the two, would not be as simple a matter as obtaining a lead with appropriate plugs at each end. Is there more to this than meets the eye? (So to speak) Differing signal characteristics, for instance?
Incidentally, the DVD player also has a phono type socket labelled 'Co-axial - Digital'. Would this be of any use in the system I have in mind?
Any assistance gratefully received. Ta
Yours confusingly,
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I have a feeling that linking the two, would not be as simple a matter as obtaining a lead with appropriate plugs at each end. Is there more to this than meets the eye? (So to speak) Differing signal characteristics, for instance?
Incidentally, the DVD player also has a phono type socket labelled 'Co-axial - Digital'. Would this be of any use in the system I have in mind?
Any assistance gratefully received. Ta
Yours confusingly,
N o t a
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As there's no signal conversion taking place I'm sure the above solution won't work.
Something like THIS will sort out the video, but you still need to sort out the sound.
Something like THIS will sort out the video, but you still need to sort out the sound.
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Ah............ things are never straightforward, are they?
I must admit, I hadn't given any consideration to the matter of sound.
Thanks for that, Ant. More thought required this end before proceeding further.
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I must admit, I hadn't given any consideration to the matter of sound.
Thanks for that, Ant. More thought required this end before proceeding further.
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SCART is just a plastic connector. VGA is a whole signal level/timing spec. You can't convert one to the other 
Assuming the SCART is a standard video signal (PAL or NTSC), conversion to VGA (say 640x480 or 1024x768 etc) requires a frame buffer. You have to digitise the video signal into a bit of memory, one frame at a time, and then resample the frame buffer into the desired output resolution. The frame rates will be different at the two ends... a very tricky piece of hardware.
Many years ago a box which did this would be £10,000 but now they are dirt cheap. I bought one on Ebay recently which goes the other way round (VGA to PAL), called Grand Ultimate XP Pro PC-TV Converter, about £50. I don't know if this does the sound also but I believe it does. I am sure there are others which go in the direction required here.
Assuming the SCART is a standard video signal (PAL or NTSC), conversion to VGA (say 640x480 or 1024x768 etc) requires a frame buffer. You have to digitise the video signal into a bit of memory, one frame at a time, and then resample the frame buffer into the desired output resolution. The frame rates will be different at the two ends... a very tricky piece of hardware.
Many years ago a box which did this would be £10,000 but now they are dirt cheap. I bought one on Ebay recently which goes the other way round (VGA to PAL), called Grand Ultimate XP Pro PC-TV Converter, about £50. I don't know if this does the sound also but I believe it does. I am sure there are others which go in the direction required here.
