tecky_man Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Hi there.I'm looking to set up two monitors both linked together using a VGA splitter I already have. But I want to be able to play 'slides' or images from a memory card onto the monitors without the need for a computer.I've seen a few of these on Ebay and other places, but there all seem to output to Video rather than VGA. I could use a Video-VGA converter, but would prefer not to if there's something available. Anyone seen these or got any experience with them? Thanks James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 If it helps , I've seen el-cheapo DVD players around the place which have a VGA output on the back, and upscale within the unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henny Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 take a look at LINK I use a lot of these to drive plasma screens ect they are £199 from Link or an open frame one for £175 from Link I have a set of 6 in one box that are synced using a pic to play a panaromic video accross 6 plasmas any questions just ask cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecky_man Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 Thanks for that, thats what I'm looking for.Although now I've seen the price of them, I think it may be cheaper just to buy one of those all in one PC type things to do the job.I was hoping it was going to be an under £50 type thing, nevermind! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Beesley Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 We have two units under £50 ... but neither of them have VGA output. I have one of the basic ones in my kit ... very handy for sticking a USB stick in to get display of photo's. The image quality is a little limited but for very little £££ its a reasinable solution, and it means I dont have to leave a laptop on display. http://cpc.farnell.com/CS1606043http://cpc.farnell.com/CS1402343 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsmore Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 This might be a bit late, but I ended up with an EMPREX box from Maplin (search for that and you should find it). £50, and pretty good actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerousMark Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 could always just get an old laptop off ebay ..... spec and battery life unimportant so long as it has usb (2.0?) sockets and a working AC adaptor, should be a good few available for under £50. If security's a thing, you can probably life the motherboard from it and put it in a custom box that doesn't look like a PC. Hide the adaptor in there, have it only work off the ext VGA and the PS2/USB inputs for mouse/keyboard. though, netbooks are threatening the value even of those cheap secondhanders value-wise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecky_man Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 Thanks for all the replies,In the end I ended up buying a Cat5 VGA adapter and running cat5 cable from the office computer to the monitors, the one I bought also had built in VGA splitters at both ends, so no need for extra hardware. Really pleased with the results so far, and I guess it saves time on having to save media to a memory card to then run on a card player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerousMark Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Thanks for all the replies,In the end I ended up buying a Cat5 VGA adapter and running cat5 cable from the office computer to the monitors, the one I bought also had built in VGA splitters at both ends, so no need for extra hardware. Really pleased with the results so far, and I guess it saves time on having to save media to a memory card to then run on a card player. I thought those things were relatively expensive :) - how much did you pay?(could do with replacing some of our longer VGA runs round 'ere if it proves more affordable than I assumed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecky_man Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 I used this from CPC http://cpc.farnell.com/_/ev214/vga-cat-5-extender/dp/CS10932 Although I think it may have been on special when I bought it back in Feb. I was quite impressed with it, as well as doing the VGA over Cat5, it also acts as a VGA splitter at both ends of the run. Allowing 2 screens at the receiver end, and then at the computer end it has a VGA out to plug a monitor in there if your graphics card doesn't have dual display! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Beesley Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Just a quick update - after this thread I had one of the guys here start searching... we have found the Emprex BMP-001 - it reads SD/MMC etc and also from USB HDD/Sticks. Overall a very handy unit for in-store display type use where a laptop/pc isnt required. (CPC Order Code CS17873 @ £29.50+vat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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