[mythtv-users] Interfacing Zotac IONITX to Analog TV

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Thu Jul 2 21:03:56 UTC 2009


On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Thomas Mørch<tmorch at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/7/2 Jeff <junk_inbox at verizon.net>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Thomas Mørch <tmorch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 2009/7/2 Jim Stichnoth <stichnot at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Thomas Mørch<tmorch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Isn't there an "old" analogue VGA connector on it? (It says so in the
>>>> > specs
>>>> > for the board)
>>>> Yes -- the board has DVI, HDMI, and VGA outputs.  However,
>>>> well-reviewed VGA->TV converters are also in the $100 range.
>>>
>>>  I was hoping that it could be used with something like this :
>>> http://www.nexusuk.org/projects/vga2scart/circuit ? (I was hoping it could,
>>> then I could just find the components at work, and make one my self..)
>>>
>>> / Thomas
>>
>> Thomas,
>>
>>   That would only work for a TV with SCART input, or RGB input here in the
>> US, which is pretty rare.
>>
>>   It would work if the video card can be configured to output Component
>> Video on the Analog RGB pins, but as others have noted, most NVidia cards do
>> not.
>>
>>   The DVI connector *appears* to have the Analog pins on it, but that
>> doesn't necessarily mean they're connected to anything on the
>> motherboard...  :-(
>>
>> J-e-f-f-A
>
>
> Thought that the SCART was a global standard on TVs..

Hell no! There is a wikipedia page on scart but wikipedia isn't
loading for me this morning.

> But it might only be
> an european standard then? Oh well, I have scart on all my tv's, so I could
> probably use it.. Only problem is money... I don't think my wife agrees that
> I should spend more money on toys (that's her opinion on my myth
> experiments)
>


More information about the mythtv-users mailing list