Flat screen monitors/screens that have composite in? (Page 1) - Other Hardware - Forums

1 Aug 2, 2014 2:49 pm

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Taichung, Taiwan

How's it going everyone.

I've recently moved from the US to Taiwan and will be in the market very soon for a few monitors.

I was wondering if anyone knew any models of flat screen monitors or television screens that support composite in that are still being produced. I would prefer something in the 22" range and above if they even exist.

To my understanding, composite in and VGA are both "analog" and I would be very hard pressed to find a computer monitor with both composite in and HDMI, while I might have more luck in the television screen market.

The only reason I ask is that I would like to use the monitor(s) for both my NES/SNES/C64 and an external monitor for my computer.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

2 Aug 2, 2014 3:21 pm

Victory Road

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Gosford, Australia

most new computer monitors still have VGA in (they like to call it "d-sub" just to be confusing :v), and composite to VGA adapters aren't terribly expensive... though i don't know if the end result looks any good!

3 Aug 2, 2014 5:22 pm

desperatenerd

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Just buy an LCD TV then
99% of the modern ones have hdmi, vga and RCA (Composite)!
Plus the panel inside is generally of higher quality than the ones you find in cheap monitors.

4 Aug 2, 2014 6:02 pm

dsv101

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Medina, Ohio

This guy is what you are probably looking for.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications … CatId=4717

5 Aug 2, 2014 11:37 pm

jefftheworld

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Another option is to get a USB composite capture device. You could then use VLC to display your NES video on whichever screen you'd like.

EDIT: I got one from Roxio that only cost about $40, does composite or S-Video and stereo audio. The software it came with is garbage but I use it with VLC and it works great with no noticeable latency and the added benefits of portability (paired with a laptop) and of course easy video capture if I need it.

Last edited by jefftheworld (Aug 2, 2014 11:41 pm)