djmatthill Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Im looking for a near broadcast quality (SD) device that converts VGA to composite signal. I have tried various offerings from various manufacturers and quality is always OK to average. Can anyone recommend a device they have actually used and got great results from ? Need High Quality SD ! Any Suggestions please? Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason5d Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 You need a scan converter. Try kramer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Lee Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Or a barco imagepro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Back in the day the Sony 1024 was the default scan converter along with the (Barco) Folsom Image Pro. There are 1024's on eBay, but ImagePRO's are a lot less common. As others have said, Kramer or Extron would be a good bet for new purchases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter F Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Back in the day the Sony 1024 was the default scan converter along with the (Barco) Folsom Image Pro. There are 1024's on eBay, but ImagePRO's are a lot less common. As others have said, Kramer or Extron would be a good bet for new purchases. The Kramer VP501 is very good.The Sony 1024's are all getting a bit tired nowadays. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitlane Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Just remember that whatever you get the image quality will be disappointing. 'Composite' and 'High Quality' just don't go well together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave m Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 what exactly are you trying to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 They might be tired, but as Kit says, you're only heading to composite land, so it'll look naff what ever you do really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter F Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 They might be tired, but as Kit says, you're only heading to composite land, so it'll look naff what ever you do really. If you require a composite feed for whatever reason you will get a noticeably better picture using the Kramer unit than a 1024. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I was going to say it's been years since we down converted down to CV, but then remembered the OB truck wanted a confidence feed on live screens job back in December: they got HD-SDI -> CV via an ImagePRO-II so it's been a goodly while since I've seen the output of a 1024 or Kramer product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter F Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I was going to say it's been years since we down converted down to CV, but then remembered the OB truck wanted a confidence feed on live screens job back in December: they got HD-SDI -> CV via an ImagePRO-II so it's been a goodly while since I've seen the output of a 1024 or Kramer product. Can't beat composite for its ability to make it along any old length of old cable and coming out at the other end reasonably intact! 99% of my work is now done using some variety of SDI but there are still occasions when the sheer stubbornness of composite gets you out of trouble. The 1024's are a funny old thing, they all seem to have drifted way out of spec in the last couple of years. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmatthill Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Thanks for all of your replies so far .. Looks like Ill have to look on ebay :) Im playing a lot of Music videos during my sets as a DJ and need a solution to plug in to the venues TV screens. At the moment I`m plugging an old CYP Vga to Composite converter which then outputs to a video modulator feeding the Plasma TVs. The Only cables running to the Tvs is coax and running new cables is not feasible at the minute. My main issue is that the signal from the CYP box is grainy and not particularly sharp. Iv also tried using another vga to comp.converter (Kworld PC to TV) and get similar results. The Sky Box and DVD player also connected to the same modulator and quality they output is far superior to my laptop feeds so I know that that both coax and Modulator are up to the job and adequate for the time being. I have also tried connecting both VGA to Composite. converters directly in to my TV at home (no mod.) and even when connected directly to quality is still poor ...?? The week link in the chain does seem to be the VGA to comp. converters Im using .... The VGA output from laptop is perfect when connected to projector / ext. monitor. What to do ?? Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmatthill Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 Thanks for all of your replies so far .. Looks like Ill have to look on ebay :) Im playing a lot of Music videos during my sets as a DJ and need a solution to plug in to the venues TV screens. At the moment I`m plugging an old CYP Vga to Composite converter which then outputs to a video modulator feeding the Plasma TVs. The Only cables running to the Tvs is coax and running new cables is not feasible at the minute. My main issue is that the signal from the CYP box is grainy and not particularly sharp. Iv also tried using another vga to comp.converter (Kworld PC to TV) and get similar results. The Sky Box and DVD player also connected to the same modulator and quality they output is far superior to my laptop feeds so I know that that both coax and Modulator are up to the job and adequate for the time being. I have also tried connecting both VGA to Composite. converters directly in to my TV at home (no mod.) and even when connected directly to quality is still poor ...?? The week link in the chain does seem to be the VGA to comp. converters Im using .... The VGA output from laptop is perfect when connected to projector / ext. monitor. What to do ?? Matt Any more suggestions on what I could do / check to improve quality ? BUMP x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Let's be realistic here; you are converting a high resolution signal to a low resolution signal. There is only so much you can do. If you need higher resolution then you need to upgrade the rest of the system. If you can't. . Then you can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmatthill Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Let's be realistic here; you are converting a high resolution signal to a low resolution signal. There is only so much you can do. If you need higher resolution then you need to upgrade the rest of the system. If you can't. . Then you can't. Hi Dave I know what you re saying and do agree , my only issue is that both DVD player and SD Sky box output better quality feeds. For years we were happy with the quality of SD TV broadcasts and that is the type of quality I`m after TBH. I was hoping that since my source output was 1024 x 768 that getting a decent SD picture would be a doddle :** laughs out loud **: Really frustrating Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.