Customer Reviews

12ftVGA to 3 RCA component video cable (HD15 - 3-RCA)

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I think it's important to specify that this cable is not intended for a connection between a computer and a television. It will not work. For this you will need a converter box.

The product works fine on a projector. the clarity of the picture is satisfactory.

I needed cable to go from a dvd recorder to an LCD monitor. Cable does not project image properly. Very green. When I contacted vendor I was told they would refund but i was responsible for shipping cost. Here is a more detailed description of the product. I would read carefully as this comes directly from teh vendor.

From Bobby at abacus24-7

"And here is note from technical details:

"This cable is NOT designed to work in anyway with a computer's input or output."


Here is more about this cable:

This cable is primarily used for connecting video projectors with Component-in capability through its VGA port. It can only function with a VGA port that is either able to receive or transmit Component signals (Y, Pr, Pb).

It will not allow you to connect your component video sources to a regular computer monitor or HDTV unless you monitor specifically has this capability. Most do not. (Please check the documentation for your computer monitor)

This cable will not allow you to connect your copmuter's VGA port to the component input on your HDTV unless your video card supports component out function through its VGA port (please confirm with your video cards documentation before purchasing)

This cable will not convert RGBHV into Y, Pr, Pb.
This cable will not convert Y, Pr, Pb to RGBHV.
This cable will not support Y, Cr, Cb.

This cable is for Satellite TV, HDTV, Component RGB Video, Y/ Pb /Pr Video and most LCD Projectors.


If there is anything else we can do for you, please let us know.

Regards,
Bobby"

I hope this is helpful.

It works great with HD ready devices especially for projectors with 15 pin VGA connection. The picture quality is flawless.

A lot of people did not read review when buying this cable, the problem is the search tag should not be related to PC TV connection to mislead customers.

Cable works like a charm. does what its supposed to do

connect my hdtv receiver to lcd projector.
excellent clarity and solves my purpose at a low price

thx

After I bought this wire for my HDtv it did not state for projectors only, as per reading customer reviews it said I had to have a good video card, which I do and at no time did it say was not for computer video cards to HDtv, but does now after I bought this item in trust, which clearly does not work.12ftVGA to 3 RCA component video cable (HD15 - 3-RCA)

This cable was well made and did exactly what it was supposed to do. THAT MEANS IT WENT INTO MY PROJECTOR, THE THE COMPONENTS INTO A HD CONVERTER BOX, AND THEN MY FIOS BOX!!!! This is NOT a plug and play app, so if you think you can just get a cable and presto you can go computer/projector to TV (well at least an older projector anyway) you're wrong. Please do you research or read this review before thinking about ALL that you will need to make an older projector show hd quality video. Make sure the projector is hd compliant (mine is 1080) I would buy this cable, a component/hd converter box, and component,hdmi cables all depending on your output. Again, as far as the cable goes, the price was great, the quality amazing, and delivery time very ecceptional!

I purchased this cable to attempt to connect my AppleTV to a Philips LC6131 projector. This projector is now 10 years old (it was only sold in Europe), but supports NTSC and claims to be "HD Ready" supporting 720p and up to 1080i. However, it has a native resolution of 800x600 so I was skeptical how well it would work. Also the projector does not have an HDMI input, but does have the ability to accept Component video via it's "data" (VGA style) port.

As an aside, I've been enjoying playing videos from my MacBook Pro via a DVI to VGA adapter. That works really well.

When this cable arrived (it took about a week from when I ordered it), it took me about an hour to figure out how to make it work properly.

Here's a rundown of the issues I had to resolve.

1. At first the colors were all green, only a partial image appeared and I had a lot of flickering and ghosting.

Solution: The AppleTV defaulted to 480i resolution. It turns out this projector doesn't like any "interlaced" format. 576p, 480p and 720p seemed to do better.

Note: The AppleTV's maximum resolution is 720p. While it supports 1080i and 1080p output, that output would be upscaled by the AppleTV.

2. When I would change video formats on the AppleTV, I would occasionally (but not always) lose the display on the projector. Even plugging my MacBook Pro (via above configuration) would no longer display.

Solution: Buggy projector. Power cycling the projector resolved the issue.

3. Final image on the projector had a very strong blue tint to it.

Solution: Burried in the menus on my projector is a setting to change the format of the input for the "Data" port. Options were "Computer" (where I had it), "RGB", and "Component". At first changing it to "Component" did not produce an image. However, when I took problem #2 into account, rebooting the projector solved the issue and I got an image.

Note: The projector supports both YCbCr and YPbPr modes. Though the first scan was for YCbCr and the AppleTV prefers YPbPr. After some going back and fourth and rebooting the projector again, it finally shows YPbPr on the screen when it finds the image.

4. The image would occasionally be out of alignment at the 720p setting.

Solution: Change the AppleTV's output ot 576p and it displays perfectly. Since the naitive resolution of the projector is only 600 lines anyway, it's the closest fit.

In all it took me an hour to get here and now that it's working I'm very happy.

One side benefit is at this setting my projector no longer "overscans" my 16:9 screen. Previously it would produce a 4:3 projection, even if the actual image was 16:9, thereby lighting up parts of the wall above my screen. With these new settings it only lights up the actual 16:9 screen. A subtle but worthwhile difference.

These work good at whatever it is they do, I'm sure. I purchased them under the pretense that I could use them to convert my 1080 p tv to a second screen for my laptop. Simply put, it doesn't work. That is not the manufacturer's fault, but don't listen to techies that claim they'll work (especially certain 'Geeks').

I bought this cable to run from the component (red, green, blue) output from my DVD player to the VGA input on the E3 projector. Makes the picture as perfect as it can get on a SVGA projector (won't give you HD-like quality, but that's the projector).