[plug] VGA to TV encoder

[Chris Caston]

On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 13:22, Brad Campbell wrote:
> Arie Hol wrote:
> > I have been looking unsuccessfully for a VGA to TV encoder.
> > 
> > I need to capture the output from the VGA output on my video card to a VCR or a TV - so that I can 
> > record the display while doing Linux installs - I want to do this so that I can replay the tape and 
> > do screen shots of different aspects of a Linux install.
> 
> There are several scan converters available. I bought one a couple of years ago from Tang in Ossie 
> Park. You will find after passing the VGA through a scan converter and then recording it, that the 
> resolution is so bad as to be completely useless for screen shots. We were using it for advertising 
> in a shopping centre and it was barely passable at that.
> 
> My Matrox G450 video card enables the TVOut on boot if there is a telly connected and mirrors the 
> main screen on the TV during the boot process. Might be worth looking at.
> 
> Regards,
> Brad.

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