PS3, how to connect to vga?

Sone · 18 Feb 2007 at 20:46

Bought myself a 60gig ps3 from the states ($650inc taxes), picked up a component cable aswell but i would prefer to play it through my monitor. Now i have seen a component to vga cable for under £10 but i assume this won't work?

a componenet to vga box is about £40, don't mind paying but ithe the simple £10 cable will do the job i'll get that

JUMPURS · 18 Feb 2007 at 21:02

You could get and HDMI to DVI cable if that is any use?

ic1male · 18 Feb 2007 at 21:10

But only if your display has HDCP!

The Running Man · 18 Feb 2007 at 21:13

ic1male said:
But only if your display has HDCP!

oh... why is that?

Sone · 18 Feb 2007 at 21:35

needs to be vga really

what i ahve seen is this box

or will just a cable like this do? (m/f may be wrong)

JUMPURS · 18 Feb 2007 at 21:53

the m/f is wrong on that component cable, can you get one with female component ends?

ic1male · 18 Feb 2007 at 21:56

Nickg said:
oh... why is that?

The HDMI output only works with an HDCP-compliant display.

Tony Williams · 18 Feb 2007 at 22:07

I heard bad stories about PS3 > VGA. Since VGA carries less bandwidth that may be a problem.

Never tired so don't quote me on that.

Sone · 18 Feb 2007 at 22:11

after reading around abit, as i thought the cable won't work its for devies that output Y/Cr/Cb of 15pin sockets. Looks like i will have to fork out for the box if i want to do it

Kreeeee · 19 Feb 2007 at 08:25

Tony Williams said:
I heard bad stories about PS3 > VGA. Since VGA carries less bandwidth that may be a problem.

Never tired so don't quote me on that.

It's not bandwidth that's an issue. VGA does 1920*1080 easily.

JUMPURS · 19 Feb 2007 at 08:41

Kreeeee said:
It's not bandwidth that's an issue. VGA does 1920*1080 easily.

IIRC there is a bandwidth issue converting from HDMI to VGA in general. As HDMI also carries the Audio too, it can cause issues.
I thought one of the reasons for HDMI was for the increased bandwidth? though i may be wrong.

Rebelius · 19 Feb 2007 at 08:55

So when I get my PS3 I'm not going to be able to just plug it into my TFT with a HDMI -> DVI cable? are you 100% sure on that? any links etc? I can't afford to buy another monitor and I don't really want to play it through a 17" TV

JUMPURS · 19 Feb 2007 at 08:57

You can get an HDMI to DVI cable no problem. The issue is if you wanted to go from HDMI - VGA, then you would struggle.

Rebelius · 19 Feb 2007 at 09:06

but ic1 said the display needs to be HDCP compliant, which I'm pretty sure mine isn't. I know I can get the cable, I just don't know if it will actually work.

JUMPURS · 19 Feb 2007 at 09:32

Looking around it appears he may be right which i didn't know

Are you sure your monitor isn't HDCP??

rp2000 · 19 Feb 2007 at 09:38

JUMPURS said:
Looking around it appears he may be right which i didn't know

Are you sure your monitor isn't HDCP??

I think only monitors with DVI or HDMI can be HDCP compatible. As it is a standard for digital video interfaces. As he only has VGA his monitor won't support it.

rp2000

Kreeeee · 19 Feb 2007 at 11:18

JUMPURS said:
I thought one of the reasons for HDMI was for the increased bandwidth? though i may be wrong.

Yes, for audio.

I was referring to VGA in general and not specifically for the PS3. VGA doesn't carry audio so that's a non starter anyway.

Rebelius · 19 Feb 2007 at 11:40

I've got a Viewsonic VX2025wm which is almost a year old, and a VP171s which is pretty ancient now. I don't think either of them are HDCP compliant, but both are DVI.

Does this mean I'm going to have to play on a rubbish TV or buy a box to convert a component signal to DVI or VGA?

JUMPURS · 19 Feb 2007 at 11:47

yeah it doesn't have HDCP

Think think component - VGA will be your only option unfortunatly.

Sony need to release a VGA cable