8mm Forum: Will PC/Mac Input Accept Component Video???

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Posted by Rob Young. (Member # 131) on July 13, 2006, 06:36 AM:

Guys, sorry to bring up video projectors [Roll Eyes]

but I know many of you are knowledgeable about such things.

My older projector only accepts S-Video from a DVD player, but it does have a PC/Mac multi-pin input as well.

This may be a daft question, but is there anyway of getting component from the DVD player into this with the right lead / connection???

Posted by Joe Taffis (Member # 4) on July 13, 2006, 04:40 PM:

hi Rob, sounds like the connection I have on my BenQ PB6200. I ordered a special cord to connect the (15?) pin input on the projector to the three lead component outs on my DVD player. It enables me to use the progressive scan feature of the player as well as the component video feature and costed me around $75.00 USD...well worth the money. I got it from Visual Apex, you could check out their website. [Smile]

Posted by Jan Bister (Member # 332) on July 13, 2006, 11:57 PM:

That 15-pin socket is called VGA (the standard method for connecting PCs and monitors using analog RGB video). So what you're looking for is a component-to-VGA cable.

Posted by Rob Young. (Member # 131) on July 15, 2006, 05:07 AM:

Thanks guys; so basically I should be able to get component into the projector [Smile]

Slight hitch; the projector actually has a strange 30 pin connection, but was supplied new with a whole load of extra leads, one of which I'm sure connects to the projector and then turns into a 15 pin, which I guess is a standard VGA.

I need to dig that out and check it.

So then, in theory, all I need is a component to VGA lead and hey presto [Smile]

Posted by Jan Bister (Member # 332) on July 15, 2006, 08:20 AM:

That's a good theory. [Big Grin]

That does sound strange about the projector's custom 30-pin connector. Sounds like it's designed to accept several kinds of audio/video standards all at once, depending on which adapter cable you plug into it. By any chance, might one of these cables already have component-video (RCA) jacks on its other end? Probably not as I'm sure you would have noticed, but it just got me wondering. [Smile]

EDIT: It just occurred to me - this wouldn't happen to be a SCART connector, would it?

[ July 15, 2006, 09:59 AM: Message edited by: Jan Bister ]

Posted by Rob Young. (Member # 131) on July 15, 2006, 09:21 AM:

Sadly, Jan, no, none of the leads provided plug into to the projector and then provide component connection.

But one lead does plug into the projector to provide what seems to be a VGA connection, so, as both yourself and Joe suggest, an additional component to VGA lead might just do it.

I think the 30-pin on the projector is so that you can have all sorts of external control over it for presentations with a laptop, etc.

The menu system on the projector can be mouse driven for example, so this socket allows you to take full control of the projector from a laptop, or with an external mouse, etc.

Not much interest if you just want to watch movies [Roll Eyes]

, but at the time I bought it, it was the only DLP machine available (which I'm a big fan of) and it has served me very well for the last 6 years...

The S-Video input is pretty good and being a native 4:3 chip projector, it currently has a 16:9 anamorphic lens infront of it for widescreen movies which works a treat, providing a very nice smooth image.

Just thought that if I can squeeze that little bit extra out of it with a component connection... [Wink]

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