VGA to Component connection

[busterTI]

Alright, I am looking for a schematic or diagram for the construction for a cable (hopefully no IC's) to connect a VGA Video card to a HDTV with component inputs. Now I have searched google for it and have turned up empty handed. AVS Forum doesn't have anything either. I was just wondering if you all had some sort of insight as to the construction of such a cable. The ones on the net are fairly expensive and I am sure it is possible to build an Inexpensive one.

Some help if you please.

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[TerryMathews]

It's not going to work unless your TV can accept a VGA signal or RGB signal over the component inputs - component is a fundamentally different signal than VGA.

There are converters that will allow a component input to accept a VGA signal, but they aren't cheap[/b].

Also consider that you may be better off to get an ATi video card + proper HDTV adapter for said card. Then you won't have to mess around with refresh rates and resolutions to ensure that the timings are proper for your HDTV.

 

[busterTI]

Cool. Thanks... Find a concise answer like that was somewhat more difficult elsewhere on the net.

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[batmanuel]

A lot of the new GeForce 6600-series cards are coming with S-Video to component HDTV adapters, also. Here's an example that is not too expensive. Unfortunately, it is PCIe and not AGP, so it may not be a big fat lot of help to you.

 

[TerryMathews]

Originally posted by: batmanuel
A lot of the new GeForce 6600-series cards are coming with S-Video to component HDTV adapters, also. Here's an example that is not too expensive. Unfortunately, it is PCIe and not AGP, so it may not be a big fat lot of help to you.

I know what you're saying, but it's not S-Video to component. S-Video is 4 pins and a tab. That appears to be 15 or 16 pins, like an RS-422 serial port (think Macintosh). If you'll notice, the card comes with a "custom port" to S-Video cable as well as the "custom port" to HDTV cable.

 

[batmanuel]

Couldn't tell from the pictures, just kinda figured it was some sort of beefed up S-Video port. Thanks for clarifying.