I have a device which outputs a video signal via component cables - the yellow, blue, green, and red cables.
I have a spare computer monitor with a VGA input.
Can I jive these two? Do I need to convert the signal, or just get the appropriate cable adapters?
I’ve been looking, and everything I see goes FROM VGA to component. Nothing goes the other way, that I’ve seen. Is it a problem of the component not having enough information in the signal to be read by the monitor expecting the VGA input?
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It exists, but works best if your source is always outputting a resolution common on todays monitors - generally 1080p (1920x1080). Otherwise your monitor has to scale and frankly most monitors have awful scaling on the VGA port. Some monitors probably just won’t work at all if your component is sending 480i or 1080i resolution. Edit to add, and if you have a monitor with only VGA and not dvi/hdmi too, it probably doesn’t support 1080p.
So the answer is yes, I must convert the signal.
At the cost of the converters, I’ll just buy a small monitor-sized TV that accepts component cables.
thanks for the responses!
Yes, that’s your best bet. VGA contains red, green, and blue signals, along with horizontal & vertical sync (and some device communication for plug-n-play, but that’s not part of the video). Component, in spite of having red, green, and blue ends, is actually YPbPr, where Y is luminance (this line also carries the sync signals), Pb is the difference between luminance and blue, and Pr is the difference between luminance and red. To get from YPbPr to VGA requires processing, not just a passive adapter.