On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:55:15 +0000, you wrote:

>> > Is that yellow connector a composite video? Why would someone need
>> > that if it has the hdmi on the other side?
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>> If your display device doesn't have HDMI/DVI?
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>> Lots of embedded type apps where composite video is king.
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>> My first boot was with the composite port simply because that was the cl=
osest thing
>> I had available to me.
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>> For video/text on a small screen composite is "good enough" for many usa=
ge cases.
>
>In the UK there are now a lot of analogue TV sets with nothing to do, as t=
he transmission is now all digital, so in a lot of cases feeding composite =
video into a SCART connector=20

You can  buy some nice little composite-input LCD monitors intended for in-=
car use very cheaply.
e.g, currently on Ebay : 3.5" =A312.50, 4.3"  =A315, 7" around =A320

You may need a large-ish font size to be readable though!




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