Monoprice VGA to RCA Adapter PC to TV Video Converter- Blue
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| Compatible Devices | PC |
| Specific Uses For Product | PC, TV |
| Connector Type | RCA, VGA |
| Color | Blue |
| Item dimensions L x W x H | 8 x 6.1 x 2.7 inches |
About this item
- This converter box will convert a VGA computer display signal into a composite (Yellow RCA) and/or S-video TV display signal
- It even has a VGA pass through so that you can keep your computer monitor connected while sending a signal to the TV
- All outputs are driven simultaneously
Top Brand: Monoprice
Product information
| Product Dimensions | 8 x 6.1 x 2.7 inches |
|---|---|
| Item Weight | 0.353 ounces |
| Manufacturer | LKV-2000 |
| ASIN | B001CJOLBW |
| Item model number | 104724 |
| Customer Reviews |
4.3 out of 5 stars |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Date First Available | October 2, 2001 |
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Product Description
VGA to RCA Video or S-Video Video Converter
Features and Specifications:
- Video standards: NTSC/NTSC-EIAJ/PAL/PAL-M/PAL-N/SECAM (via RGB out)
- Supported VGA input resolutions: 640x480 (up to 85Hz), 800x600 (up to 85Hz), 1024x768 (up to 75Hz), 1280x1024 (up to 60Hz), and 2560 x 1600 (up to 60Hz)
- Input port: DE-15 (VGA)
- Output ports: Composite video (RCA), S-video and DE-15 (VGA)
- Image controls: Horizontal and vertical size, brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, sharpness
- No driver required. Compatible with Windows and Macintosh operating systems
Package Contents:
1x High Resolution VGA Video Converter
1x USB Cable
1x VGA Male-to-Male Cable
1x RCA Composite Video
1x S-Video Cable
1x User Manual
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Customers find the VGA to RCA adapter offers good value for money and works well with various computer and TV combinations, though some report it doesn't work with non-digital TVs. The picture quality receives mixed feedback, with some finding it great while others report low resolution issues. Setup experiences are mixed, with some finding it very easy to set up and use while others find it hard to set up. The adapter's functionality and build quality also receive mixed reviews, with some reporting it works right out of the box while others say it never worked at all, and some praising its quality while others find it poor.
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Customers find the adapter offers good value for money, working effectively at half the price of similar products.
"...Great price, and I really appreciate that all the cables (just wish that video cable had included the audio plug) were included!..." Read more
"...This is just what I need, and for a good price. I'll order a replacement with fingers crossed." Read more
"...Pros: -Inexpensive -Works exactly as described...don't be upset about no HD, this device wasn't meant for that Cons:..." Read more
"Didn't work as advertised. Useless junk, waste of money. I wanted the computer to use the item to enable my TV to work as a monitor." Read more
Customers have mixed experiences with the adapter's functionality: while some report it works great right out of the box, others mention it only worked for 10 minutes or not at all.
"Works great once you get it set to US mode. It has a small rocker switch that is set on Asia for its default. Once I figured that out it was golden." Read more
"...I had to purchase another cable to get this fixed. Works well especially when you want to watch something on Netflix on a larger screen...." Read more
"The device (vga to tv converter box)did not work. It was bought and sold cheap because it probably was defective all along...." Read more
"...I wanted to get NETFLEX from my computer to my tv. It works great. I had to play with setup a little but not bad...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the adapter's quality, with some finding it wonderful while others report poor monitor performance.
"...Great Product. Last but not least, thanks for all the great reviews posted by other reviewers. All the Good reviews are honest and correct...." Read more
"it is a piece of junk. bought to an they where both junk. they come with little to no instructions." Read more
"...This product does what it's supposed to do, and does it well. Good product, great price..I've purchased 4 of these over the years (different mfgs)..." Read more
"...Well, the device does exactly what I needed to do, and it was cheap, so at the end of the day, were it to vanish, I would look for better products..." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the picture quality of the adapter, with some finding it great while others report issues with low resolution and fuzzy images.
"...with my tv cannot say it was the product probably just the tv, but was blurry and just not good to work with through the computer but thanks for the..." Read more
"...switches were in the up position but once I changed those, I got a great picture on my old tube type TV...." Read more
"...tv, changed it to NTSC, and was able to see the on screen menu but no picture, only gray bars...." Read more
"very, very,very poor quality picture." Read more
Customers have mixed experiences with setting up the VGA to RCA adapter, with some finding it easy to use and plug in, while others report it being complicated.
"This devise has become a favorite of mine it is easy to use and comes in handy no matter where I end up needing to show a video from my computer." Read more
"Simple and cheap. Product just feels cheap all around. The manual is typical non English translation to English but is readable. And it works...." Read more
"As several have said this is tricky to setup...my experience was as follows: #1 there was not a switch for the ntsc/pal anymore and unit is still..." Read more
"This is the best product for connecting ur laptop to tv. Really easy to install. Has all the cables needed to connect the laptop...." Read more
Customers have mixed experiences with the adapter's compatibility: while some report it works fine with their laptop and TV, others mention it doesn't work with non-digital TVs or their computers.
"Works great on 32 inch TV, had to turn Gama on computer way down and Brightness, though whites are still way too white and bleed out allot of colors...." Read more
"Works wonderfully. Works well with both Linux and Windows. If it doesn't work just unplug power to it, wait ten seconds, plug it back in...." Read more
"Great price. Only worked on one of 2 TVs." Read more
"Worked as intended! Was able to easily connect my laptop to an older CRT tv." Read more
Customers find the instructions for the VGA to RCA adapter to be practically non-existent and very poor.
"...No instructions, too many pieces to the puzzle. Had to find a YouTube video which wasn't easy & still difficult to figure out...." Read more
"...It arrived in a zip lock bag with no packaging and the lame excuse for an instruction manual looks like it has been through a war...." Read more
"...-No instructions included* Thoughts:..." Read more
"...and the instructions are worthless. But once you figure it out it's easy to use and a great product especially for Netflix!" Read more
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Inexpensive and efficient solution for VGA to RCA video
Top reviews from the United States
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- Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2011Target Audience:
1. For those who have only VGA port on laptop(no S-video) and want to connect to Old CRT-TV which has S-video port only. Most of the latest laptops in the price range upto 700$ will not have S-video port as S-video port is old technology.
Who should not Buy:
1. Those customers who have s-video port in Laptop and have S-video port on TV. This category of customer can get S-viedo to S-video for just under 2$. Same applies for those customers who have VGA port at both ends.But VGA-VGA will be close 5$.
Pros:
1. Cheap & Best Product for Laptop to Old CRT-TV.
2. Works Well as advertised and as per good review posted by Other Reviewers.
3. Image quality is 95% of what you get directly with Laptop/PC. My old TV has good image quality. So depends on your TV. Otherwise you can get 95% of actual Laptop quality. So, i would give very positive review for image quality.
4. Installation is easy if you apply little bit of common sense. You need to use all the wires provided with the box to connect Laptop,TV & Converter.
5.Textual quality on a live streaming or online movies are 95% clear. This clearly depends on the online Steaming quality. If streaming quality is good, then converter will give 95% clear when compared to original text.
6. Product is light weight and smaller than iphone size. So can be easily transported.
Cons:
1. Textual quality on the web pages is only 30-40% clear of what you would actually see directly on a PC/Laptop.
2. Manual is clear for most of the part except for the usage of NTSC. The 2 tiny white pins will be placed upwards when the product is shipped. You need to move those pins downwards for old CRT based TV's. Fyi, these 2 pins will have 1,2 marked on top of small red socket.
I am an Indian and like any Indian, i love Cricket and using this product i am watching World cup cricket 2011 in my Old CRT TV. I can see my fav Indian players very clearly and even the score on the bottom of the screen appeared very clear.
Great Product.
Last but not least, thanks for all the great reviews posted by other reviewers. All the Good reviews are honest and correct.Can be trusted.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2010I ordered this product because I wanted to hook up my netbook running Windows XP (with a small display) to my TV in order to watch streaming video, such as Netflix, on a decent-sized display.
As with any type of conversion from PC to TV, things such as text will be nearly impossible to read, but video (including subtitles or text in the video itself) looks great. I can't really tell a difference between this setup and cable TV.
Product works as advertised and comes with all cables needed to hook up to an RCA input or an S-Video input. Note that there is no audio hookup on the unit. This was not a problem for me, as I hooked up a 3.5mm-to-RCA cable (such as this: http://www.amazon.com/RiteAV-3-5mm-Stereo-Male-Cable/dp/B000V0G2C4/ref=pd_cp_e_2) from the headphone jack on my laptop to the same input on my TV as the converter is hooked to (i.e. converter connects laptop to Video 2 video inputs on TV and audio cable connects from headphone jack on laptop to Video 2 audio input). This allows the audio to play (and control volume) through my TV.
I set mine up so that the converter signal acts as a secondary monitor (this is an option in my display settings). This way, I can keep my PC monitor at the higher resolution I like (1366 by 768), and the secondary display has the lower resolution (1024 by 768) in order to make the converter's signal show up. I have a separate browser window on the secondary display (TV), so I can surf or work using my laptop display and the video plays on the TV. When I need to read the text in the browser window in order to change videos, I just drag that browser window back onto my main display (where I can actually read the text), find and start the video, then drag it back on my secondary display (or just squint a lot!).
A couple of troubleshooting notes:
- If you see a blue screen or colored bars on your TV, try lowering the resolution on your PC display.
- If you're in the U.S. and the display is black and white and/or wiggling, make sure both jumpers are set for NTSC. (There is a diagram on the bottom of the unit)
Top reviews from other countries
D - AnonymousReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 20135.0 out of 5 stars Just what I was looking for.
Following quite a bit of research I found this device. It allows me (with suitable cabling) to feed my laptop display to my television. Easy to set up and use.
Arlene K.Reviewed in Canada on December 5, 20162.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
I bought this for a guy that dose Karaoke. I believe it has already quit working
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CronosReviewed in Mexico on January 25, 20162.0 out of 5 stars Muy mal
Es un articulo con un sabor agridulce, si funciona pero hay que modificarlo primero, `porque asi como viene de fabrica solo se ve la imagen moviéndose de arriba hacia abajo, con estatica y en blanco y negro.
El problema de este convertidor es que es para PAL y NTSC, por default viene configurado para PAL en teoría debería traer un interruptor para hacer el cambio de hecho viene mencionado en el manual y en la carcasa del convertidor viene señalado en una de las orillas, pero cual es la sorpresa que cuando buscas ese interruptor en su lugar viene una estampa de holograma (anexo foto) y cuando quitas la estampa esta simplemente un hueco (anexo foto) donde debería estar el interruptor. Cuando abri el convertidor me encuentro con que la tarjeta esta preparada para el interruptor pero simplemente no lo trae (anexo foto) solo trae las perforaciones para soldar algo.
Asi que para que funcione el convertidor es necesario poner un puente (anexo foto), con algún cable para que este se vea correctamente al hacer la conexión con la televisión.
A grandes rasgos el convertidor funcioana pero es increíble que no venga con el interruptor para hacer el cambio por el tipo de región.
Lo bueno: es que trae salida de s-video, RCA y un VGA, se alimenta con un cable usb desde la misma pc, e incluye todos los cables necesarios para hacer funcionar el convertidor
Es un articulo con un sabor agridulce, si funciona pero hay que modificarlo primero, `porque asi como viene de fabrica solo se ve la imagen moviéndose de arriba hacia abajo, con estatica y en blanco y negro.2.0 out of 5 stars
CronosMuy mal
Reviewed in Mexico on January 25, 2016
El problema de este convertidor es que es para PAL y NTSC, por default viene configurado para PAL en teoría debería traer un interruptor para hacer el cambio de hecho viene mencionado en el manual y en la carcasa del convertidor viene señalado en una de las orillas, pero cual es la sorpresa que cuando buscas ese interruptor en su lugar viene una estampa de holograma (anexo foto) y cuando quitas la estampa esta simplemente un hueco (anexo foto) donde debería estar el interruptor. Cuando abri el convertidor me encuentro con que la tarjeta esta preparada para el interruptor pero simplemente no lo trae (anexo foto) solo trae las perforaciones para soldar algo.
Asi que para que funcione el convertidor es necesario poner un puente (anexo foto), con algún cable para que este se vea correctamente al hacer la conexión con la televisión.
A grandes rasgos el convertidor funcioana pero es increíble que no venga con el interruptor para hacer el cambio por el tipo de región.
Lo bueno: es que trae salida de s-video, RCA y un VGA, se alimenta con un cable usb desde la misma pc, e incluye todos los cables necesarios para hacer funcionar el convertidor
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NENDOROIDOReviewed in Japan on September 23, 20165.0 out of 5 stars 機械翻訳で良いから説明書 添付して♥
とりあえ配線完了 モニター見て白黒画像&垂直同期不良 ガーン( ̄□ ̄;)!! やられたー
でも ゑさんのレビューを見て色々設定し
コスト以上のパフォーマンスを発揮していると思います。
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思わず垂直同期のボリュームを探したよ
有ったよね昔のテレビって。
JessicaReviewed in Canada on July 3, 20135.0 out of 5 stars GREAT PRODUCT!
tricky to use it if you don't what you're doing :)
i recommend watching youtube videos on to install it but I do have to agree with everyone else you can't read small text. this should only be used if you're planning to watch videos, movies etc!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! SO WORTH THE MONEY!! :D




