[mythtv-users] vga to ntsc

[kqt4at5v at comcast.net]

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, Ben Kamen wrote:

> On 10/4/2010 9:38 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>  On 10/4/2010 10:14, kqt4at5v at comcast.net wrote:
>> >  Can y'all recommend a reasonably priced vga to ntsc adapter
>> >  All I want is to be able to connect the vga port on my laptop to my old 
>> >  ntsc tv to watch movies
>> >  All adapters I have seen say they require windows
>>
>>  Such an adapter is called a 'scan converter'. It reads in the video
>>  signal, and reprocesses in real time to composite or Svideo. As it never
>>  touches your system, it cannot possibly require Windows. These devices are
>>  all complex, expensive, and result in poor quality video. You actually
>>  don't have a video output on your laptop?
>
> Define "poor" -- I think NTSC has "poor" quality written into the original 
> specification.
>
> I've seen some that do a pretty good job of converting VGA to good NTSC (all 
> things considered).
>
> I think he's mostly just trying to get to use his TV.
>
> @tqt54: When talking NTSC, there's: Composite, Chroma/Luma (S-Video) both of 
> which can be re-modulated onto RF
> for CH:3|4. Which do you need?
>
> You can look at item N82E16817707113 on newegg as it seems to be "reasonably" 
> priced and gives a multiple of outputs.
>
> However, I don't know what the output quality is. The last scan converter I 
> used was over 10yrs ago and was about $300 and actually looked really darn 
> good considering the output was NTSC.
>
> -Ben
>

I saw no mention of any specific os requirement
I will give it a try

Thanks
Richard