I'm planning to throw out my old CRT very soon but I still want to play on my Playstation 2. Is there a cable that connects to the PS2 video out slot and into a VGA slot so I can play it on my LCD monitor?
According to wikipedia there was a VGA cable made for the PS2 but it only supported games that used progressive scan.
VGA and composite NTSC are two completely different video standards, there is no cable to adapt between the two.
In order to convert a NTSC signal into a VGA signal, you need an expensive converter box:
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817707114[/url]
I would just keep the CRT. PS2 games look like shit on an LCD screen because they were designed for 4:3, not 16:9.
The VGA monitor would have to support sync on green, not many support that, Just get a telly with component in.
And quite alot of PS2 games have widescreen support.
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If you do get a component cable, you need to change the setting in the PS2 main menu or you'll just get a blank screen.
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;40979519']The VGA monitor would have to support sync on green, not many support that, Just get a telly with component in.
And quite alot of PS2 games have widescreen support.
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If you do get a component cable, you need to change the setting in the PS2 main menu or you'll just get a blank screen.[/QUOTE]
By component do you mean the Red White Yellow cable? Also would a LCD Monitor with component inputs work? Because I think my Dad has one of this laying around in his garage.
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I would just keep the CRT. PS2 games look like shit on an LCD screen because they were designed for 4:3, not 16:9.[/QUOTE]
It does look like shit, but that's not why.
[QUOTE=DatPolishGuy;40980154]By component do you mean the Red White Yellow cable? Also would a LCD Monitor with component inputs work? Because I think my Dad has one of this laying around in his garage.[/QUOTE]
You're talking about composite, this is component.
[img]http://www.my-batteries.net/images/game-accessories/Hd-Hdtv-Component-Av-Cable-For-Sony-Ps3.jpg[/img]
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The difference in picture is like night and day.
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;40982616']You're talking about composite, this is component.
[img]http://www.my-batteries.net/images/game-accessories/Hd-Hdtv-Component-Av-Cable-For-Sony-Ps3.jpg[/img]
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The difference in picture is like night and day.[/QUOTE]
Oh, well then. I always mix up Composite and Component. Have no idea why.
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I would just keep the CRT. PS2 games look like shit on an LCD screen because they were designed for 4:3, not 16:9.[/QUOTE]
Some PS2 games supported 16:9 (Probably because over in the UK we had widescreen in SD form), the main issue is not the aspect ratio but the resolution which is either 720x480 or 720x576 which needs to be upscaled and upscalers vary in how good they are.
Anyway I do stress against throwing out the CRT as upscalers simply cannot make it look as good as it would of been running at native resolution.
You can buy pretty cheaply a box which converts component/composite to VGA. they often have a tv tuner in them too.
Just get a cheap TV-tuner for your pc. That's pretty close to what i've done with my ps1 and it work's just fine.
Let me clear things up.
YES. Sony did make a VGA cable.
[img]http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/article/20010620/s19.jpg[/img]
NO. It does not require a widescreen CRT or LCD.
YES. The monitor must support Sync on Green.
NO. You do not need to preset the video standard (RGB which the VGA output uses, or Pr/Pb/Y which is what component video uses). The wrong mode will only cause the wrong colors to be displayed and the cables are completely different anyways.
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