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Posted January 05, 2009
I picked one up, thinking it'd be able to get the video from my vcr, but it won't. Any ideas how to get my vcr signal converted to digital? I don't expect to see anything better than standard, standard is what I want, or less.
I also would prefer not to spend a lot of money.
typically I'd want to run the standard yellow, white, red, audio/video cables via a hd coaxial cable. I did a few google searches for analog to digital converters, and unfortunately could only find digital to analog.
Again, I don't want something to enhance the image, just to show the damn image.
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Posted January 05, 2009
The manual does not give any insight?
Well, not sure really, but what about a device switching box? You know the thing the type of unit you can hook various components up to and press a button to switch between them.
If the switching box can be hooked up to the computer would it run your VCR?
Anyway, my shot in the dark.
Posted January 05, 2009
Unfortunately the manual does not :(
I thought about a component switching box, but I'm not sure, I'd like to see something specific for the task..
the faq on their website says
"This device has a severe limitation to receive digital signals and it MUST BE via over-the-air and not cable. "
Posted January 05, 2009
Well, I obviously don't know what kind of card you have and what kind of signal it's supposed to receive, but basically most (probably all) digital TV systems are either MPEG-2 or h.264 based... so you'd need something that can encode at least MPEG-2 in realtime (plus the headache of actually turning the stream into a working signal, but we'll leave that for now).... I may be wrong, but components which can do that are probably almost as expensive as an a standard USB-component adapter... so it would probably be a lot easier to get one of those.
Ideally, you can get a component adapter for many graphics cards... try that,
Posted January 05, 2009
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hansschmucker: Well, I obviously don't know what kind of card you have and what kind of signal it's supposed to receive, but basically most (probably all) digital TV systems are either MPEG-2 or h.264 based... so you'd need something that can encode at least MPEG-2 in realtime (plus the headache of actually turning the stream into a working signal, but we'll leave that for now).... I may be wrong, but components which can do that are probably almost as expensive as an a standard USB-component adapter... so it would probably be a lot easier to get one of those.
Ideally, you can get a component adapter for many graphics cards... try that,

It's a usb one..
avertvhd Volar..
primarily I just want to play my games which typically use the standard red, yellow, white audio/video cables.
Post edited January 05, 2009 by Weclock
Posted January 05, 2009
Looks bad... I can't find anything about it having anything that could be used for analog signals... and really, trying to simulate a digital TV signal would be too much effort for too little gain. Looks like you'll need another analog adapter. Again, look for something on your gfx card first... many cards have their own input, which only needs a cheap adapter cable.
Posted January 05, 2009
well i'm looking for a solution that would work for two computers. my laptop (intel 965gma) and my desktop (ati radeon 2600 hd).
EDIT:
I just bought a new one.
Post edited January 07, 2009 by Weclock
Posted August 15, 2009
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Weclock: well i'm looking for a solution that would work for two computers. my laptop (intel 965gma) and my desktop (ati radeon 2600 hd).
EDIT:
I just bought a new one.

*cough* I recommend you buy a new one ¬.¬
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