Connecting my laptop to my crt

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:34 pm

If someone has any suggestions, I'd be eager to find out too.

Fudoh · Post by **Fudoh** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:10 am

You're right about the "box" and it would be called Extron Emotia. It will provide a RGB output to use with your Scart sockets.

http://scanlines.hazard-city.de/

http://search.ebay.com/extron-emo_W0QQc ... rchZSearch

Tobias

Shion · Post by **Shion** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:51 am

You're going to need a separate cable for the audio (going from your soundcard to the speakers, tv or whatever).

ReKleSS · Post by **ReKleSS** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:06 am

Wrong. Best quality is obtained by wiring the VGA output directly to the SCART input. It takes a bit of work to make the cable, and then to set up the software (somebody probably has decent pre-made modelines...) but it looks awesome. Details for the cable are here and here. There's a program, Powerstrip, that will let you set the video modes you need in Windows.

Sound will need to be wired seperately. I hacked the VGA plug onto my Dreamcast SCART cable, so I plugged that into the side of the cable.

D · Post by D » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:34 am

Fokking

Thanks, I wish I had known this 15 years ago.
I didn't know pc could do interlace.................

Fudoh · Post by **Fudoh** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:11 am

ReKleSS, you're right of course, but read the VERY FIRST LINE of Goongrave's posting once again and reconsider what method would be the best "for him"

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:13 am

depends whether your graphics card can output in RGB, (if it can then best to directly output from laptop vga ---> rgb scart on monitor with special cable & powerstrip). if it cant output an rgb signal, then youll have to go down the other route of using s-video or one of those expensive converter boxes

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:59 pm

try ebay. there are also some on Amazon.co.uk