lonfire Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 hi,I use a videonics MX1 vision mixer, but when I use it with a laptop the screen is very flickery and weird.. I'm using the S-video output from the laptop.. any ideas why this might be? I was thinking of trying to get a convertor to plug in that will take a standard monitor output and convert it to composite video.. anybody used one? recon this would work better? thankschris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Are you outputing PAL or NTSC? James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 The output from the laptop is likely to be a much better quality picture than any (consumer) scanconvertor that you can buy. The good ones are very very expensive. As James says, check if you are outputting PAL or NTSC and also check the refresh rate of the laptop video output, possibly a quick tweak will help with that. I presume you are using good quality cables ? :) HTHDavid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonfire Posted December 2, 2004 Author Share Posted December 2, 2004 hi,yeah outputting PAL.. if I'm showing video from the laptop it's not too noticable.. just static things like text from powerpoint and such like that it struggles with.. think I played around with the refresh on the output before and it didn't seem to make much difference.. rgdschris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_P Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Actually I am interested in doing the opposite, as old monitors are dirt cheap, and flat screens are getting very affordable, is there a device that allows a composite video to be displayed on these computer monitors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternewman Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Actually I am interested in doing the opposite, as old monitors are dirt cheap, and flat screens are getting very affordable, is there a device that allows a composite video to be displayed on these computer monitors?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yes these devices do exist, they've got one in the broadcast studio in Warwick Arts Centre, unfortunately I won't be back in there to find out what its called until a couple of weeks into January, if I get a chance I'll have a google and see if I can find it, or if not you could have a look on Keene Electronics, they probably sell them. HTH PN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robloxley Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Surely a 14" telly is 'dirt cheap' from Argos & does the job out-of-the-box?Otherwise http://www.lektropacks.co.uk/dept.asp?dept%5Fid=104 or http://www.keene.co.uk/pages/cat/13con/13F.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Actually I am interested in doing the opposite, as old monitors are dirt cheap, and flat screens are getting very affordable, is there a device that allows a composite video to be displayed on these computer monitors?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I use one of these which converts PAL into 800x600 50Hz or NTSC into 800x600 60Hz (NB most TFTs can't display 50Hz) (costs £30) They also do one of These that does any resolution / scan rate you wish within reason. (costs £60) These are good enough for what I need. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henny Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 have A Lool at this one , http://www.teletest.co.uk/productinfo.asp?part=OZD9120 it may seem a little pricy but it does have an on bord Quad, allowing you to have 4 images on screen or P in P henny Actually I am interested in doing the opposite, as old monitors are dirt cheap, and flat screens are getting very affordable, is there a device that allows a composite video to be displayed on these computer monitors?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I use one of these which converts PAL into 800x600 50Hz or NTSC into 800x600 60Hz (NB most TFTs can't display 50Hz) (costs £30) They also do one of These that does any resolution / scan rate you wish within reason. (costs £60) These are good enough for what I need. James<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispuxley Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Chris, The first thing I would try before spending any money is setting the output resolution of your S-Video to 768 x 576... That might just do it... let me know! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Console Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Don't know if I have posted something about this recently on another page, but this is close to something I am looking for. I want to convert RF to composite video, as I have a laptop which has AV in and out, and I wish to recieve telly on it abroad next year. It does not have working USB's so have to go this route.it is the oposite to this chap AV-RF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 I want to convert RF to composite video, <snip>it is the oposite to this chap AV-RF<{POST_SNAPBACK}> = a VCR. AFAIK it's trickier to de-modulate an RF signal to composite, than it is to modulate it (the device you linked to).And a VCR would probably be a wee bit too big to lug round with a laptop too... David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmonk Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 lightconsole im sure you can get external tv tuners with composite video out, just not quite sure who makes them... edit - heres one google through up, so something like this I take it http://www.auroramultimedia.com/web/?secti...roduct=vtunepro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Console Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Thanks for the help Colin and David, I think that the converter will be too much money, when I can buy a small telly for peanuts when I get there. As it had to go in a suitcase, I wanted something I could add on to the Laptop screen. I do have an old VCR up in the loft, I might see how much of it I can remove, before it stops working, and stick whats left in a project box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Foster Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Unless I've miss understood, your trying to watch TV on your laptop, and you need to convert the RF into composite video. Would one of the cheap digital freeview boxes do the trick, as all the ones I've seen have a SCART output. That would give you the extra freeview channels at the same time. Although is digital TV available/in the same format abroad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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