Re: Unusual card

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/06/2010 06:34 PM, A2Aviator wrote:
>> I thought I put it in there, PVM-1342Q is that, they would all be
> > "PVM-
>> xxxx".
>> 
>> As for LCD monitors that support PAL, it's more the non-mainstream
>> brands, but since this stuff is all stamped out of the same/similar
>> cookie cutters and sold wherever, they just do. As for not seeing a
>> monitor with composite inputs, thats really shocking.
>> 
>> By monitor, I mean mostly TV's, too- but about 50-60% of the computer
>> monitors I run across have at least a composite input, if not
>> Composite and S-Video. Typically they'll be the ones with speakers. A
>> mute monitor isn't really good for much these days.  Even that
>> PVM-1342Q has that.
>> 
>> Vizio doesn't make anything too small, but those things too, do PAL
>> composite. They're all pretty much auto-ranging, when there is a
>> composite input on there.
> 
> Every single last LCD computer monitor I own or have ever seen was
> fitted with some combination of:
> 
> HD-15 VGA
> DVI
> HDMI
> 
> Never seen S-Video or composite.  Televisions are another issue, but
> can't say that I've seen an RCA jack there either (though many have
> S-Video).
> 
> Will start keeping my eyes open.

Steve

Many Samsung monitors also had TV tuners, and could do TV, video
(S-video or composite), and VGA either full-screen or
picture-in-picture.

-michael
 
NadaNet 3.1:  http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon