Cheap HD feild monitor?

hoarp001

hoarp001

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Hi,

Id quite like to sort out a field monitor for myself so I was wondering if I could buy a cheap TFT PC monitor and mount it using a VESA bracket into a flight case. I would also add a polycarbonate scren over the top or something to protect it. I would also probably try and work out a way of directly powering it using a 12v sealed lead acid battery (like a car battery for example) for feild-focusing etc. The only thing left is to join the camera to the monitor and I think this might be the answer....

http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcables/component-vga-hd15-10m.html?id=qCbFfkPD

Would that deliver full HD quality to the monitor?
 
75 views. 0 comments. For the record, I've done a search on this question myself, and I wasn't able to get an answer. I'm sure this has been tried for a low cost solution, especially since the cable only runs about 20-30 bucks. Anyone have any experience? And if not VGA then perhaps a component to dvi adapter?
 
Those are male component cables, so I doubt they would work for connecting it to your camera's component out. You would need something with female component cables for it to work.

I have a monitor that has a DVI-D input, so I'm using an HDMI to DVI cable, which works well.
 
If the monitor supports sync-on-green (as opposed to separate sync), and HD resolutions, it may work. No guarantees though, as every monitor is different.

VGA is typically run on 5 coaxial cables inside one jacket - red, green, blue, and horizontal and vertical sync (RGBHV). Some systems use composite sync, which requires 4 wires instead of 5 (RGBS). HD combines that signal onto the green line, hence the phrase sync-on-green.
 
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