How to convert from D-sub to composite video?

Tiderfish,

Apparently, you didn't read this thread carefully before you wasted your money for the cable that you bought from Triangle Cables.

In my August 5th posting (above), I explained in detail why this cable is a scam.

I hope you can get your money back! If they refuse to give you a refund, then I think you should report them to the Better Business Bureau (http://www.bbb.org) because I'm sure that the cable that you bought is completely useless.

However, it is possible to convert from S-video to composite video (the yellow RCA jack) without any circuitry except just one small capacitor. This article explains how to do it:

http://www.overclockers.com/tips183/

You said that your VGA board is "Trident Video Accelerator Blade 3D/Promedia". I'm not familiar with this VGA card. Does it have an S-video output?

If your VGA card has an S-video jack, then you can make this simple cable to convert from S-video to composite video. Of course, the quality of the video wouldn't be as good as if you had used a fancy device like the kind that I wrote about earlier in this thread, but you can save a lot of money by making this simple "passive" cable instead of paying at least $66 for an "active" converter.

If you're not handy with a soldering iron, then you can buy one of these cables for less than $10 from one of these dealers:

It's $4.99 here:

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/shoptronics/stocorcavico.html

It's $8.95 here:

http://www.hometech.com/video/svconv.html#MC-CSVA1

It's $9.95 here:

http://www.ramelectronics.net/catalogbyProdID.asp?prodid=RGB-320

And it's $9.99 here:

http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=2012&sku=27963

 

Thanks Mark for the input! Once i saw the link for that cable from TRIAGLECABLEs i went there and bought it. I did kind of think it was too good to be true.

The video card has no other connectors on it other then the standard D-SUB. It is an onboard vid. I have no expansion abilities ither. The board has no ISA, PCI or AGP ports. It is a small box that i want to install into my Monte Carlo for an MP3 server. I need the composite for the LCD screen I have to work.

How can trianglecables get away with that BS?

Matt|ttaM

 

Sorry about the tigerfish, I guess this situation is my fault. I was considering editing that post.

Well at least we know it doesn`t work. I have seen some converter boxes recently from Radio shack that are fairly cheap to go from D-sub to composite or S-video. There is a lot of processing needed to handle the difference in video type signals.