Old monitors and S-video output

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Hi,

Can I use a HDMI to VGA cable to use my existing CRT monitors? My
current monitor supports 1280x1024 and 1280x720.

For the S-video out would I need a TV which supports 1280x720 which I
suppose is the minimum standard for a HDTV?

Can I use a TV as the monitor? I am thinking of a small LCD USB panel
for travelling and a TV at my desk perhaps.

Can both a monitor and TV be used at the same time?

Cheers. Andrew.

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Can I use a HDMI to VGA cable to use my existing CRT monitors? My
current monitor supports 1280x1024 and 1280x720.

No, BB only delivers the digital signals.

For the S-video out would I need a TV which supports 1280x720 which I
suppose is the minimum standard for a HDTV?

No. I use s-video with someting like 7xx to 4xx

Can I use a TV as the monitor? I am thinking of a small LCD USB panel
for travelling and a TV at my desk perhaps.

You can use s-video, yes. And you can have all output on s-video, yes.

Can both a monitor and TV be used at the same time?

Yes (when monitor=DVI and TV=s-video), even with different output.

Robert

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"Robert Kuhn" <rowkajjh@googlemail.com> writes:

Can I use a HDMI to VGA cable to use my existing CRT monitors? My
current monitor supports 1280x1024 and 1280x720.

No, BB only delivers the digital signals.

If he really has an *HDMI* to VGA converter, it should work. Such a
thing would have to use the digital signals since HDMI doesn't include
analogue signals.

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Hi all,

Thanks for the replies.

It seems TV's are too bright to use for long as a monitor.

Also I was not aware digital cameras generally have more colour bits
than monitors.

Cheers. Andrew.