I'd quite like to hook my PS2 up to my monitor (I'm sick of playing it on a 7" TFT"), but I'm unsure of the best(read: cheapest) way. I can get a PS2 Component cable, can I then get one of these to connect to the Monitor? I know it states that it's for going the other way (graphics card to TV) but would it work? I'm starting to convince myself it wouldn't because there's no H/S or V/S, and I'll have to buy a £40 box to do it. Thanks in Advance.
Methinks a VGA box is in order. Only thing I can think of would be a vga to female component adapter.
The male/female thing isn't an issue - I've got plenty of RCA gender benders. What I'm getting at is will the VGA to component cable work as a component to VGA? If it's a VGA box that's needed, I won't bother. I haven't got £40 hanging about TBH.
You need to buy a box, but they aren't very good I'm afraid. You could get a cheap TV-IN box for your PC and have that wired to the PS2. Or you could get a 60GB PS3
Cheers Doug, the PS3's the plan eventually - I have got HDMI input on the monitor. Sounds like I'll be waiting for that then I think.
Remember that the 40GB PS3s don't have backwards compatability (I thought they had software emulation but I've been since told that they do not)
That cable will not work, as it states that the VGA card needs to have component out...so it doesn't actually convert the signal or anything, merely takes a component compatible card and replaces the cable you've lost. correct me if I'm wrong, but can SCART contain separate H/V sync signals?? because if it does then you could use it....
No, what I'm on about is something like this: link - second one down. Looks like it's a 'fits the purpose' thing, rather than a bodge job of changing genders.
