<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Florin Andrei <<a href="mailto:florin@andrei.myip.org">florin@andrei.myip.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Emery Guevremont wrote:<br>
> Florin Andrei wrote:<br>
>> I may purchase a pretty cheap mobo with a GeForce 7050 chipset. The mobo<br>
>> has VGA and HDMI outputs. But I also want to try component, so I'm<br>
>> thinking to put a VGA-to-DVI converter on the mobo, then hook up a<br>
>> DVI-to-component converter that I've found online.<br>
>><br>
>> Could there be any problems with this combination?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
> Why not do it direct VGA -> Component?<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10235&cs_id=1023503&p_id=2409&seq=1&format=2" target="_blank">http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10235&cs_id=1023503&p_id=2409&seq=1&format=2</a><br>
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</div>Nice, but...<br>
The paragraph below sounds kind of ominous. Can somebody figure out<br>
whether or not that means that it will not work with a regular VGA<br>
output on an embedded GeForce 7050?<br>
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###########################################<br>
This cable is primarily used for connecting video projectors with<br>
Component-in capability through it's VGA port. It can only function with<br>
a VGA port that is either able to recieve or transmit Component signals<br>
(Y, Pr, Pb).<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
IT WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO CONNECT YOUR COMPONENT VIDEO SOURCES TO A<br>
REGULAR COMPUTER MONITOR OR HDTV unless you monitor specifically has<br>
this capability. Most do not. (Please check the documentation for your<br>
computer monitor)<br>
<br>
</div>THIS CABLE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER'S VGA PORT TO THE<br>
COMPONENET INPUT ON YOUR HDTV unless your video card supports component<br>
out function through it's VGA port (please confirm with your video cards<br>
documentation before purchasing)<br>
<br>
This cable will not convert RGBHV into Y, Pr, Pb.<br>
This cable will not convert Y, Pr, Pb to RGBHV<br>
This cable will not support Y, Cr, Cb.<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><br></div></blockquote></div><br>That sounds like it needs the sync-on-green I was talking about earlier, which as I said, nvidia does not provide.<br>