On 4/26/05, Tom Lichti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've seen some posts about these lately, some people building, some > people buying. I have a GrandTec Ultimate 2000 > (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=169832&CatId=1430) > but I'm really not happy with the quality of the component out. It does > some funky stuff. I switched back to S-Video and the quality is far > superior, but everyone says component is the way to go, so that's what > I'd like to do. I've read a bit about building your own, and it seems > pretty straight forward, but then I see this: > http://www.national-tech.com/catalog/vgatorcacomponentvideocable.htm > which looks pretty cheap, but they all say 'not intended for use with a > computer' which seems odd since it is a VGA connector. > > My question is: what are people using for vga-component, and how do they > like the quality? > > Thanks for any and all info. > > Tom > I actually picked up a RCA VHDC300 off of eBay recently for a pretty cheap price. I got it setup last night and the picture quality is much better on my HDTV than before with just svideo. I still have to do some tweaking to compensate for a slight horizontal overscan, but I've been pretty happy with it so far.
Before purchasing, I tried to find information online about its use in this application (using it for computer applications), and wasn't able to find too much about it. I did see a couple posts on a forum about how it may only work well with 540p/1080i modelines, but I have not yet tested this statement. Nate _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
