I experimented with hooking up my computer monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 210T) to my DVD player. The DVD player has composite, S-Video, and Y-Pr-Pb component video outputs. The monitor has composite, S-Video, RGBHV, and DVI inputs.
In my first experiment, I simply attached the Y output from the DVD player to the G input on the monitor, and set the DVD player to progressive scanning output. The monitor understands sync-on-green, so it was able to show the picture. However, the picture was unstable and the frame was actually separated horizontally right in the middle of the screen. Some luck, but not much.
Next I used the LM1881 to pull the sync signal from the Y, and fed that to the H and V inputs of my monitor, with Y directly attached to R. This yielded a nice, stable, red image on the screen.
Next, I attached Y to all three R, B, and G inputs with the LM1881 feeding H and V. Now I have a stable black-and-white picture. Getting closer!
Now I just need to order some op-amps from Digi-Key to convert the color difference signal to proper RGB color, and I be in progressive-scanning nirvana. Thankfully the Samsung has a high-quality scaler.
