[mythtv-users] xbox / htpc switch?

[Dave]

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:03:03 -0700, Brian Bartlow
<mythtv at roostervision.com> wrote:
> Kane Tse wrote:
> 
> >Sorry for coming late to the conversation... But your "component-to-VGA"
> >adapter has caught my interest.  Can you tell me more about this device
> >and how much it cost?
> >
> >I've been looking at either the ViewSonic NextVision N6 or the AverMedia
> >TVBox 9 as a means of switching an projector between an XBox and a PC
> >for display on a projector... But my projector has 2 VGA inputs so I'd
> >love to find a reasonably priced component-to-VGA adapter that doesn't
> >cost the $200 Canadian for the ViewSonic or AverMedia devices.
> >
> >I think both of those boxes come with IR remotes too; and they're
> >designed to send a signal to the projector even with the PC off.
> >
> >
> Well maybe my projector is unusual but it's "computer 2" input is a vga
> connector, but it will accept either a normal vga signal or a component
> signal that has been sent over the vga cable.  I don't know how much the
> adapter costs but I'm sure it's cheap because the company I bought my
> projector through just "threw it in the box" for free.  So the adapter
> doesn't actually change the signal, it just routes the component signal
> over a vga cable.
> 
> So my projector automatically detects what type of signal it is getting
> on the "computer 2" input and displays it correctly.
> 
> Brian
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I can help you with the KVM question.  I have a Hawking Technology
CS152F 2 Port KVM Mini Switch, which can be powered through an
external AC adapter.  Note that the adapter must be purchased
separately - I bought mine at Radio Shack.
 The KVM I'm referring to doesn't have USB, but I beleive some Hawking
models do.

Hope this helps
Dave