Just moved into a new flat and looking for a small TV for my room. There isnt loads of space to put one so was thinking about a small (19" ) lcd screen.

Ive found leads on ebay that go from scart to 15 pin VGA. It does say that these work with most LCD monitors, how can I find out if it will.

There are loads of used lcd monitors on ebay for cheap, plug in a freeview box and I have a cheap tv i can wall mount.

[Edited on 6/9/2008 by greggors84]

I thought they had some circuitry to get the sync right , and cost about £50 - £70.

Syncblaster:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=37141&C=Froogle&U=37141&T=Module


Let me know if it works , I'd like to plug a monitor straight into a freeview box..............

[Edited on 6/9/08 by Surrey Dave]

I would have thought that if the box did RGB out by SCART then that could be wired straight to VGA?
I would bet that the cheapy Freeview boxes don't do RGB out though.

I'm just guessing though!

The question is whether the LCD will sync low enough to get a picture - most cheap one won't which is why you need the extra circuitry.

I bought a box from ebay for my daughter's room. Was about £40 but included a TV tuner and scart input. I'll have a dig around and post a link in a mo....

Something like this is a more advanced version of what I have....

Link to manufacturer shows it should work with any LCD....

but don't forget you'll need some desktop speakers as LCD monitors don't tend to have them...

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Originally posted by Surrey Dave
I thought they had some circuitry to get the sync right , and cost about £50 - £70.

Syncblaster:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=37141&C=Froogle&U=37141&T=Module


Let me know if it works , I'd like to plug a monitor straight into a freeview box..............

[Edited on 6/9/08 by Surrey Dave]

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