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Old 23rd April 2008, 08:05 PM   #1
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Default Building a VGA -> Component converter

This may need to go into General Video, but since this will involve electronics and building circuits I put it here.

Very badly do I want to build a VGA to Component converter so I can hook up my laptop to my 73" DLP TV. The damn things has 3 HDMI and 2 s-video inputs along with many many component inputs but no VGA!

I made a VGA to Component cable but as you can guess, it didnt work. It seems that some ATI video cards support output as component through the VGA but I doubt mine will since it's on a laptop. I have an ATI Radeon 9600XT however, I dont want an ATI solution I want to build the converter that I can use for any VGI input and output to component.

I've looked and have not found much to go off of. A schematic would be great. I've built circuits before so I do have some experience.

I could buy a VGA to HDMI for $40 but I would rather build one.

Any ideas or links? Thanks a million!
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Old 24th April 2008, 10:44 PM   #2
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Maybe have a look at this: http://myhometheater.homestead.com/vgacable.html
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