If you use a Satalite decoder it has the rgb signals on the board if not on the output. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olin Lathrop" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [EE]: PC Monitor for watching TV ?? > > Is there a way to use a PC monitor (sync's down to 50Hz) to watch TV? > > The monitor has RGB inputs, and i have a composite or svideo TV signal. > > Any idea? > > It should be possible because video sync rates are fairly close to VGA > sync rates, which all PC monitors support. However, you will have to > separate vertical and horizontal sync yourself. A standard PC monitor > (SVGA interface) requires, Vsync, Hsync, and separate R, G, and B. > > I built a circuit once that converted the output of an old Unix > workstation to SVGA. The Unix box output was separate red, green, and > blue BNC cables with composite sync on the green channel. It worked fine. > > > ***************************************************************** > Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts > (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics