general monitor question

[ati005]

hi

i was wondering if i could plug my ntl tv box which has a scart tv connector and an RF output only to a monitor. what sort of monitor will i need or can i just use some sort of adaptor/connector or cable.

 

[Spec]

you can just use an adapter.

 

[dellcomputer]

you can just use an adapter.

Yes.

 

[BrynF_UK]

ummm....wont you need a converter since signals normally to tv's are in RGB not the same as computer monitors? or am i wrong?

 

[dellcomputer]

I think your wrong.

 

[Kage]

There is such thing as a Scart to VGA connection. I've seen them

 

[BrynF_UK]

oh, so computer monitors use the same RGB signals as a tv then? or that other one umm YMCK or whatever its called...

 

[Kage]

VGA is basically an RGB signal, and analogue also.
The other connection most computer monitors have now is a DVI, which is all digital

 

[BrynF_UK]

ohh ok i always assumed that computer monitors would have a different signal...do you know what kind of format the DVI monitors are?

 

[Kage]

DVI monitors are digital, since LCD panels are digital in nature.

When you have a VGA cable plugged in however, what you are effectively doing is converting from the video card, a digital signal, to an analogue signal, and back to a digital when it reaches the monitor.