Dave Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 A client of mine needs a scan converter to feed a PC into a vision mixer - he has next-to-no budget! Have anyone tried this one from CPC? Can anyone recommend anything else? I've only used Sony 1024s so don't really know what's at the other end of the scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter F Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 A client of mine needs a scan converter to feed a PC into a vision mixer - he has next-to-no budget! Can anyone recommend anything else? I've only used Sony 1024s so don't really know what's at the other end of the scale. Laptop with s-video output?s-video to composite adapter if required. Or PC Graphics card with composite (TV out) will probably set you back a tenner from ebay. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmoffat Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 if you use a mac, then mini-dvi -> composite and s-video can be bought of ebay for about £20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 Guys, thanks for your comments, but I'm afraid they are no use to me. I asked about scan converters because that's the only option as far as I know. The computer is a laptop without an SVHS (or composite) output - sorry if I didn't make that clear. Any suggestions that won't break the bank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Mawer Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Guys, thanks for your comments, but I'm afraid they are no use to me. I asked about scan converters because that's the only option as far as I know. The computer is a laptop without an SVHS (or composite) output - sorry if I didn't make that clear. Any suggestions that won't break the bank? How much do you consider bank breaking? The Kramer range of scan converters starts with the VP-501xl http://www.kramerelectronics.co.uk/indexes...p?name=VP-501xl £299 + VAT List Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitlane Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I've used quite a few Avermedia Averkey 100 Pro units. Cheap and cheerful. Got mine off ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepytom Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 yeah secondhand professional units off ebay are easy to find and much better quality than el'cheapo stuf from craplins.Focus TView Pros are my favourite for value for money secondhand scanconverters. Extron VSC range is also good but watch out for the lower end models much of them only support very low resolution input. www.vjstore.org/scanconverters.php might be useful to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_R Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I have a Focus Enhancements TView Micro which appears to be in the same price range as the CPC one...seems to work ok for what it does when I have used it for the price if thats any help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutley Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Does the vision mixer not have RGBXY inputs? (normally BNC connectors) If it has, just use a simple VGA-RGBXY cable to the vision mixer. How's £2.86 for a budget? ...although I assume you would n't be asking about a scan converter if you could use one of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepytom Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 yeah because rgbhv vision mixers are well known for being cheap?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 Does the vision mixer not have RGBXY inputs? (normally BNC connectors) If it has, just use a simple VGA-RGBXY cable to the vision mixer. How's £2.86 for a budget? ...although I assume you would n't be asking about a scan converter if you could use one of these?I appreciate your willingness to offer advice but please, I wasn't born yesterday. My client's vision mixer is an Edirol V-4 which only has composite and S-video inputs. The laptops only have a VGA output. I am only interested in scan converters, unless there are any other gadgets I don't know about that can join the two together. Suggestions of pointing a camcorder at the screen will not be welcomed :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Duffy Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Cheap scan converters are usually pretty ordinary in the results department. Good costs money I'm afraid. If the PC signal is low enough resolution you may get an acceptable result, but there's no way to go from SXGA to composite and not loose fine detail. There's just not enough lines left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 A94HT from craplin £29.99 in this month's special offers booklet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepytom Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Cheap scan converters are usually pretty ordinary in the results department. Good costs money I'm afraid. If the PC signal is low enough resolution you may get an acceptable result, but there's no way to go from SXGA to composite and not loose fine detail. There's just not enough lines left!This is true, but you can get professional units very cheaply secondhand as the corporate world has given up on svideo / composite. These far out perform any of the new cheap plastic rubbish. Also converting from SXGA is foolish, your far better off converting from VGA or SVGA as the scaler has much less work to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Duffy Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Also converting from SXGA is foolish, your far better off converting from VGA or SVGA as the scaler has much less work to do. Yes, some folk don't realise that you can't just convert one format to a lower one and not loose detail. Fine text for example just looks terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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