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>and a VGA to hdmi cable (wtf right?)

Perhaps this is what you were looking for? /creepy smile

I'm pretty sure freebullets is correct. See the poor amazon reviews for a similar product. It should be possible with an active converter, but I don't think a regular cable will do it.

pick yourself up a VGA-to-HDMI or DVI-to-HDMI cable (obviously depends on the kind of ports your computer uses).

>Video card must support digital signal output through VGA port function.

Which a lot don't; VGA is defined as an analog signal by spec. HDMI is purely digital. DVI-> VGA converters do exist, but thats because the C pins at the bottom of the DVI grid are analog pins. Some DVI connectors (like Apple's) don't even have those pins, and are thus purely digital, which lands you in the same soup as HDMI.



The only way to get a HDMI -> VGA is to use an active converter which can convert digital<-> analog, like this one.

http://www.amazon.com/Video-Cable-Black-Support-Necessary/dp/B002TUC64W

VGA to HDMI does work.

Ah shit, I linked a DVI on accident, the VGA to HDMI that I originaly posted had bad reviews

Unfortunately if VGA is the only option on the laptop you wont' be able to get anything better than VGA quality on the TV. There are cables available but it's not going to magically turn your analog signal into cleaner digital one. You might as well continue running VGA.

The biggest thing here is making sure you are running the highest resolution possible that your TV supports. If it's a 1080p you should be around 1920x1080 or 1280x720 for 720p.

You do know VGA-to-HDMI exists? http://www.amazon.com/Video-Cable-Black-Support-Necessary/dp/B002TUC64W

i have this but that also isnt working except on my tv (im probably doing somehting wrong idk)

can you tell me something i do need less than 10 dollars?

Alright thanks! Now why won't this work exactly, if you could expand on the analog and digital bit?

Edit: Would an RCA cable like this work instead?

Like this?

Hopefully you can get your rPi doing great things!

There are VGA to HDMI cords.

http://www.amazon.com/VGA-HDMI-Cable-6-feet/dp/B002TUC64W is the link to the one i bought. Yeah, I thought at the time is was too easy but for $4 I thought I would try. Now I would like something that would for sure work.

I would not try an svideo personally. I have my 360 plugged into my tv using an HDMI cable. But if your going into a monitor that doesn't have HDMI, you could use a HDMI to vga or dvi depending on what you need, and then rca audio to rca female to 3.5 mm female, then plug in pc speakers to the adapter. Linked below are the parts. This is what I would try, I don't know that it would work.

Plug audio from 360 and pc speakers into this:

http://www.amazon.com/Manhattan-inches-Stereo-Splitter-3-5mm-Adapter/dp/B0009JFF7A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372430037&sr=8-1&keywords=rca+female+to+3.5+mm+female

Plug one of these HDMI cables into the 360 and the monitor:

http://www.amazon.com/Video-Cable-Black-Support-Necessary/dp/B002TUC64W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1372429330&sr=8-3&keywords=hdmi+to+vga+cable

http://www.amazon.com/DVI-HDMI-Cable-6ft-Male-Male/dp/B0002CZHN6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1372429391&sr=8-2&keywords=hdmi+to+dvi+cable

HDMI does carry sound, but dvi and vga don't deliver it. I hope that helps.

> Still, generally speaking you don't have to look at system requirements when buying a console game.

You usually don't have to do that for gaming PCs, too. I've been gaming on PC for years, and I never once referenced system requirements. I used to manually adjust settings, but with nVidia's GEForce Experience software, I don't even need to do that, as it optimizes settings automatically based on your PC.

>I understand that newer PC's and Laptops will have HDMI out on them but I still see several people with older system's that are without one. And because they aren't using them for gaming I doubt they feel the need to buying a new one until their current one stops working.

In that case, you can buy a VGA to HDMI adapter off Amazon for $5 or a DVI to HDMI adapter off Amazon for $2.

Hmm, so you've tried inputing a vga to hdmi lead into the console before? My understanding is that Analog (VGA) to Digital (HDMI) requires conversion via something like this

Edit: Amazon Comments seem to support this belief.

Edit 2:
I know you didn't really ask for this advice but seeing as the converter looks to cost ~$20-25 and may actually result in lower quality (VGA can increase in resolution but loses sharpness as it is filtered by default) you might consider upgrading your GPU. That way there's no extra wires, you get a crisp clean signal, a slight performance boost, and it's all for about the same price and more or less guaranteed to work where the converter may or may not.

• Radeon HD 2400 Pro (current) + convert == 126 points $21.79
  
  Output = VGA
  
  
• XFX Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3 == 200 points ($35)
  
  
  Output = VGA, DVI, HDMI
  
  
• EVGA GeForce 210 1GB DDR3 == 185 points ($19.99)
  
  
  Output = VGA, DVI, HDMI
  
  
  That's just a two second search on Newegg. Like I said I know you didn't ask but I thought you might like the heads up before spending money that might unknowingly benefit you more elsewhere. Also to be clear these cards assume your current card is PCIe. Most of your card model are easy to tell with a quick google search if you don't know already.
  
  
  

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002TUC64W?pc_redir=1397347210&robot_redir=1

And if your setup doesn't support that cable then you'll need an actual converter which is a bit more pricey.

Might do better to just get a new monitor

Alrighty, time for some critical thinking.

Facts we know:

• Capture cards have inputs.
  
• The PS4 outputs in HDMI and SPDIF
  
• You have a capture card
  
• HDCP could be an issue
  
• There are ways around it
  
• There are converters from HDMI to anything(DVI, Component, VGA, etc)
  
• You didn't try to Google this at all before posting here
  
  

http://www.amazon.com/Video-Cable-Black-Support-Necessary/dp/B002TUC64W

Your monitors and what you need does not make sense. DVI-I is not analogue. It is digital. Are you trying to convert the DVI-I to VGA, which is analogue?

Either way, best way is to go on Newegg or Amazon and look for a converter, this Look for what you need, HMDI to DVI-I or HDMI to VGA, what ever your monitor needs. So if a GPU has one HDMI and one DVI-I you can convert the HDMI to what ever you need.

http://www.amazon.com/Video-Cable-Black-Support-Necessary/dp/B002TUC64W

Search to whatever your output is to whatever your input is. You can go to digital to analogue with an adapter

video: http://www.amazon.com/VGA-HDMI-Cable-6-feet/dp/B002TUC64W

.97 cents hdmi to vga
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audio: i use my ps2's multi-out audio cables (red and white) connected to a receiver as an aux input.