There is allready a cable announced for the 360, i mean a vga cable, but i wonder if this cable (or any other cable/converter for ps3/360) will be able to output the HD resolutions to a VGA monitor, is there a way to sync a VGA 4:3 monitor to 16:9 HD resolutions? at least without getting an anamorphic squashed picture?
HD res to VGA monitor, is this possible? and how?
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Shogmaster
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Slay said:
What's the big deal? My 19" CRT does 1280x1024 @ like 85hz. 1280x720 on that just means some black bar above and below.
Assuming a Component input, then the main difficulty would be converting the YPbPr (luminance and colour) signalling into RGB. Such a task may be done in the analog domain, as is done on CRT TVs, or via digital signal processing.
Besides that, there is seperating the horizontal and vertical sync pulses from the Y channel, this is slightly trivial, as there are off-the-shelf parts that do this (Nat Semi, LM1881).
The horizontal sync frequency for 720p is well within the range of 17" CRT monitors. If one were successful in converting the component HD input into a RGBHV signal, then the picture will display, albeit probably stretched vertically. Whilst the analog CRT does not have any notion of "anamorphic stretching", you'll have to manually adjust the vertical size as close to the 16:9 ratio as possible, the limit being the monitor's range for the vertical sweep.
For LCD monitors, with analog VGA inputs you'll need to do the same as the above, except now you'd have to contend with the LCD's scaler unit. It's a mixed bag, some LCDs allow 1:1 (scaler off, centered image) but more often than not they don't.
With DVI, this is technically a non-issue, since timing and sizing information is embedded in the signal. However, HD content protection (HDCP), possible on HDMI, throws a spannar into the works.
Besides that, there is seperating the horizontal and vertical sync pulses from the Y channel, this is slightly trivial, as there are off-the-shelf parts that do this (Nat Semi, LM1881).
The horizontal sync frequency for 720p is well within the range of 17" CRT monitors. If one were successful in converting the component HD input into a RGBHV signal, then the picture will display, albeit probably stretched vertically. Whilst the analog CRT does not have any notion of "anamorphic stretching", you'll have to manually adjust the vertical size as close to the 16:9 ratio as possible, the limit being the monitor's range for the vertical sweep.
For LCD monitors, with analog VGA inputs you'll need to do the same as the above, except now you'd have to contend with the LCD's scaler unit. It's a mixed bag, some LCDs allow 1:1 (scaler off, centered image) but more often than not they don't.
With DVI, this is technically a non-issue, since timing and sizing information is embedded in the signal. However, HD content protection (HDCP), possible on HDMI, throws a spannar into the works.
DuckThor Evil
Legend
PC-Engine said:
OH yeah, well Mine can do 2048x1536@75hz
DuckThor Evil
Legend
Mine is about 2 years old and it's 22",it also has BNC-connectors, I used them while my Xbox took the VGA-input, but then I broke the BNC-cable and had to switch between Xbox and PC which sucked...PC-Engine said:Dr Evil said:PC-Engine said:
OH yeah, well Mine can do 2048x1536@75hz
Hehe mine is a very old model though about 6-7 yrs old, but it was highend 19" model at the time I purchased it. It has dual inputs 1 of them is BNC. 8)
Dr Evil said:Mine is about 2 years old and it's 22",it also has BNC-connectors, I used them while my Xbox took the VGA-input, but then I broke the BNC-cable and had to switch between Xbox and PC which sucked...PC-Engine said:Dr Evil said:PC-Engine said:
OH yeah, well Mine can do 2048x1536@75hz
Hehe mine is a very old model though about 6-7 yrs old, but it was highend 19" model at the time I purchased it. It has dual inputs 1 of them is BNC. 8)
I've been wanting to get a VGA box so I can play my PS2 games on me monitor while I have my HDTV on (I like having the Red Sox game in the backround when i'm gameing)....Little pricey though..
I love how awesome DC and GCN games look on my monitor. One very cool feature that my monitor has is a sharpness function with 4 steps. Another cool feature is GlobalSync where it syncs with the earth's magnetic field wherever you're located in the world. It has horizontal and vertical convergence adjustments too.
My monitor has one major flaw though, it has a fixed horizontal linearity problem on the left side of the tube that makes everything displayed near the left edge stretched. The odd thing is my monitor has a vertical linearity adjustment but no horizontal linearity adjustment. :?
My monitor has one major flaw though, it has a fixed horizontal linearity problem on the left side of the tube that makes everything displayed near the left edge stretched. The odd thing is my monitor has a vertical linearity adjustment but no horizontal linearity adjustment.
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