TFT Monitor for TV?

[alanparrott]

LCD TVs are still relatively expensive in the 17/19" range compared to the cost of a TFT monitor and TVTuner. I know you can buy these combined but as far as I have seen they have all been analogue TV Tuners. I would like to be able to use a Digital Set top box (UK) with a TFT Monitor without using the PC and video card.

The question is the only monitors I can see that have inputs for SCART/S-Video/Component etc are the ones with the built in tuners, so can the standard monitor input (D-Sub or DVI) take the signal with the correct cable?

Hope that makes sense. If any one wants to know why, it's that TV Tuners are now very low cost (I just paid UK£30) as and when PC monitors get better I can upgrade and pass the old monitor with TV Tuner to another room for use as a TV/ Media monitor.

THanks, Alan

[Filip Norrgard]

I believe that the simple way is to buy a DVB card (PCI or external USB) for your PC and plug the monitor into your PC? :)

Ok, maybe not exactly what you wanted. But to my knowledge, there is no simple way of connecting a DVB settopbox in a PC monitor using D-Sub. I know that some old computer monitors used to have seperate RGB-inputs which could you do just that by custom connecting a Scart-cable to such a monitor...

You can find SCART wiring here: http://www.leadsdirect.f9.co.uk/scart.htm
and here are wiring info for both D-Subs and SCART: http://www.acl.co.uk/pinouts.htm

There is some really hard work to get this working and I'm not that sure that a regular TFT can support SCART-to-D-sub right out of the box... But good luck anyways if you wish to try! ;)

(PS. Don't forget to photograph the procedure for us! :D DS.)