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jonnyboy7
06-23-2007, 12:20 PM
I have a bedroom HDVR2 that I currently use with a tiny analog 15" CRT TV. I recently freed up a 19" Dell LCD computer monitor with D-SUB (VGA) and DVI-D inputs and would like to use it with my Tivo.

Is this possible? If so, would it be better (and / or cheaper) to use the VGA input on the monitor, or the DVI input?

Thanks.
JimSpence
06-23-2007, 01:21 PM
I think you'll find that your HDVR2 doesn't have the correct OUTPUT to use with your monitor.
litzdog911
06-23-2007, 02:59 PM
Not easily. You'll need an composite video to VGA converter, and they're not cheap.

Some newer LCD monitors support DVI/HDMI, which you could use if you had a HiDef DVR, like the HR10-250 or HR20, but that won't help you with your HDVR2.
ForrestB
06-23-2007, 03:14 PM
This TV Tuner box MIGHT work TV Tuner to VGA (http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=TV-LCD01&cat=TVS)
jonbig
06-23-2007, 03:22 PM
Some LCD monitors have composite or S-Video inputs for displaying analog TV signals.
supasta
06-23-2007, 03:33 PM
All you need is a simple VGA converter. Can be had just about anywhere online for about $40.
jonnyboy7
06-23-2007, 05:13 PM
All you need is a simple VGA converter. Can be had just about anywhere online for about $40.

Could you post a link? I've done some searching and composite-to-VGA and S-video-to-VGA converters seem extremely expensive (upwards of $200).
jonnyboy7
06-23-2007, 05:17 PM
Some newer LCD monitors support DVI/HDMI, which you could use if you had a HiDef DVR, like the HR10-250 or HR20, but that won't help you with your HDVR2.

My monitor does have DVI, but I do not think it would work with an HR20 because the Dell LCD does not support HDCP copy protection. Am I wrong?
OLdDog
06-23-2007, 09:49 PM
http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/video-vga-gvm-2000.html
Dirac
06-24-2007, 09:39 PM
I'm using the VIVO (video in, video out) feature of my graphics card to do this (nVidia WDM driver), along with a little program called VideoThumb 2 that shows the WDM driver output in a scalable window. My sound card has an optical audio input.

VideoThumb is a little buggy, but it works. Can anyone recommend a better way to just show the video input window?
poppagene
06-25-2007, 10:01 PM
Could you post a link? I've done some searching and composite-to-VGA and S-video-to-VGA converters seem extremely expensive (upwards of $200).

Try the link from a few posts above yours

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=TV-LCD01&cat=TVS