[mythtv-users] Interfacing Zotac IONITX to Analog TV

[Thomas Mørch]

2009/7/2 Jeff <junk_inbox at verizon.net>

>   On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Thomas Mørch <tmorch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 2009/7/2 Jim Stichnoth <stichnot at gmail.com>
>>
>>>   On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Thomas Mørch<tmorch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Isn't there an "old" analogue VGA connector on it? (It says so in the
>>> specs
>>> > for the board)
>>> Yes -- the board has DVI, HDMI, and VGA outputs.  However,
>>> well-reviewed VGA->TV converters are also in the $100 range.
>>>
>>  I was hoping that it could be used with something like this :
>> http://www.nexusuk.org/projects/vga2scart/circuit ? (I was hoping it
>> could, then I could just find the components at work, and make one my
>> self..)
>>
>> / Thomas
>>
>
> Thomas,
>
>   That would only work for a TV with SCART input, or RGB input here in the
> US, which is pretty rare.


>   It would work if the video card can be configured to output Component
> Video on the Analog RGB pins, but as others have noted, most NVidia cards do
> not.
>
>   The DVI connector *appears* to have the Analog pins on it, but that
> doesn't necessarily mean they're connected to anything on the
> motherboard...  :-(
>
> J-e-f-f-A
>

Thought that the SCART was a global standard on TVs.. But it might only be
an european standard then? Oh well, I have scart on all my tv's, so I could
probably use it.. Only problem is money... I don't think my wife agrees that
I should spend more money on toys (that's her opinion on my myth
experiments)

/ Thomas
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