[mythtv-users] OT - VGA -> USB - NOT - USB -> VGA

[Tom Lichti]

Stroller wrote:
> On 12/20/2007 11:24 AM, Trey Thompson wrote:
>   
>> I've been having a very hard time finding such a beast.  Then I
>> figured, hey, who better than the video experts with Myth!!!  :)
>>
>> I'm looking for an adapter that will take VGA and convert it to USB,
>> or something similar, for video display.  Why would I do something so
>> crazy?
>>
>> I own an IT company, and it would be REALLY nice for a technician to
>> be able to plug in this "Mythcable", and see the screen output from a
>> server, right on their laptop.  Instead, now we have to find an unused
>> monitor in the office, haul it around, etc...
>>
>> Anyone know of such an animal?
>>     
>
> I missed your original post, so apologies if this threads incorrectly  
> (I clicked reply on Michael T. Dean's message).
>
> This is exactly what you describe:
>    http://www.epiphan.com/products/product.php?pid=27
> I didn't know these were available, and only stumbled across the  
> google advert for it when looking for the links which will follow in  
> a moment. The problem with the above device, as Michael T. Dean said,  
> is drivers - you'll need to install Windows drivers for it before  
> it'll work.
>   
Errr...did you see this: http://www.epiphan.com/products/product.php?pid=23

DVI capture over USB...like from a hi-def STB perhaps with an HDMI-DVI 
cable? A little pricey, but not as bad as I would have thought...

Tom