Component-VGA cable

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:51:27 -0700 pj wrote:
| Kirk James wrote:
| CKF brought next idea :
| I'd like to run my satellite box into my VGA input on my TV. Will a
| component video to VGA cable work for this, or does it only work in
| the opposite direction (computer to TV)? I've seen some cables on
| ebay very cheap, but the auction description refers to "hooking up
| your computer to a TV through the component input", not the other way.
|
| Thanks,
|
| Chris
|
|
| If your satellite receiver/DVR has HDMI output, you might want to
| consider an HDMI switch.
|
|
| Kirk's solution has another advantage.
|
| The vga (D-15) input on my HDTV is scaled at 1:1
| pixels. (So, image size is set by changing the
| resolution on the attached personal computer.)

In analog, there is no pixel clocking. So the TV has to guess at what the
number of pixels is, or let the user figure it out through the clock rate
control.

It is plausible to make some guesses. The TV logic could assume the computer
is outputting 4:3 and adjust the pixels accordingly, using the left and right
video edges to find the first and last pixel.

How that would behave on a non-computer video source I cannot say.

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