Re: [OT] Composite Video to VGA

[Bruno Prior <bruno@xxxxxxx>]

I went direct to the distributors (I didn't realise that's who they were -
I
just got their details off the web). They are Hugh Symons Computing
Solutions, based in Poole, Dorset, tel.no. 0870 849 0208. They don't
normally sell direct, but they couldn't come up with a retailer in my area
who stocked these things, so their salesman (a really nice guy called
Darren) did me a favour and arranged a direct sale. Turned up next day, as
well. You could give them a ring, but I have no idea if they can help you
in NZ.

Cheers,

Bruno


David Millard wrote:
> Any chance telling me where you brought the unit from
>
> Cheers
>
> David
> david@xxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruno Prior [mailto:bruno@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, 18 April 2003 11:10 p.m.
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Composite Video to VGA
>
> I've just bought a Prolink PlayTV Box (£65 + VAT). It has inputs for
> composite video + stereo audio, S-Video, Antenna (for tuning analogue
> terrestrial or cable) and VGA + audio from a PC. It has VGA and stereo
> audio
> out.
>
> So basically you can connect games box, VCR, digital video camera, PC
> etc to
> it and watch any of them (+ TV from its internal tuner) on your PC
> monitor
> and listen to the sound from all of them via whatever sound system you
> have.
>
> Max. res. is 1024 x 768, which would be fine for many monitors. I
tried
> attaching it to an 18" LCD with native resolution of 1280 x 1024
and the
>
> picture quality from the internal tuner was still excellent, which
> surprised me.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bruno Prior