[Wear-Hard] re: RE: VGA to NTSC conversion

[Daniel Tso]

Justin Shands wrote:
> *>Daniel Tso wrote:*
>  >I used to get these small VGA->NTSC converters for $40 that worked
>  >perfectly fine... not sure if you think they'd be costing a lot more...
> 
> Any current examples? The closest I can find is eBay, and even those 
> seem to be in the 60-80 dollar range, for brands that seem shady and 
> bulky units.

Its unlikely that I can now get those same units, but I do see on ebay
a few in the $40 range, including one that is powered from the keyboard
socket (5V, just like the previous units I had ... I built a PS/2 to
USB cable to power the unit from USB), and another $40 unit that is
more flexible in its input (it can apparently accept up to XGA video
input):

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-AITech-Web-Cable-PC-VGA-to-NTSC-TV-Scan-Converter_W0QQitemZ200157314682QQihZ010QQcategoryZ3666QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Laptop-Mac-PC-VGA-to-TV-S-Video-Converter-1024x768-NTSC_W0QQitemZ190158694559QQihZ009QQcategoryZ3759QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I just bought one of the latter ones to see how well it works...
doesn't hurt to have more of these around... :-) (I had 5 of the
previous ones, which I used with the old Albatech Personal Monitors
HMD's... worked pretty well)...