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Apple Monitor used for console games?
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the dell 20" or dell 24" have component imputs. The apple display ony has a DVI input
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Yeah, I thought perhaps there'd be some adapter to do so. Or perhaps a cheap way of running it through the G5.
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Originally Posted by aschexl
Yeah, I thought perhaps there'd be some adapter to do so. Or perhaps a cheap way of running it through the G5.
Well, you could use a PCI TV card like the Miglia Alchemy TV DVR http://miglia.com/products/video/alc...dvr/index.html to get the video console signal through the Power Mac.
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I swear I've seen VGA->svid adapters.
Is there such a thing?
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Originally Posted by angelmb
Wouldn't this make the screen a bit laggy? While inconsequential for viewing, I could see it causing a problem with gaming.
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Originally Posted by macanon
I swear I've seen VGA->svid adapters.
Is there such a thing?
probably, but those are both analog signals. The Apple displays take a DVI signal. The only adapter I know of to go just from VGA to DVI (not to mention Svideo/Composite to VGA) costs upwards of $400. And pretty much all of those converters have some slight video lag, as subego said, which makes them pretty useless for gaming.
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Originally Posted by angelmb
The lag of a TV tuner for a computer would render the games unplayable.
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There is no lag with a PCI TV tuner, at least with this particular Miglia model.
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Originally Posted by angelmb
There is no lag with a PCI TV tuner, at least with this particular Miglia model.
That would be quite impressive, every PCI/USB/FW TV tuner that I've seen or used adds about a half second of lag (between what you see on the screen and what you would see if you hooked a TV up to the same cable).
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Besides, the Apple model shown does NOT have a DVI input, it has ADC, which requires a $100 adapter to accept a standard DVI signal.
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