HELP! Need creative advice to make magic!

[mofat]

I came up with this neat idea since I have this GPS laying around the house. It has RCA IN and I would like to set it up as a second monitor on my PC so I can read the lyrics when I sing...sorta like the IPAD idea. My PC has HDMI and DVI outputs. How do I do this?

 

[DM60]

Proably cheaper and easier to get you an Android tablet, what you want is a converter, HDMI to RCA video out. I think it would be easier to get a $100 tablet and copy over the lyrics. Sometime you just have to walk away from old technology. Cheap Tablet example

 

[Chili]

Or sometimes you have to embrace old technology, like printing the lyrics on paper.

But if you're stuck on making it more difficult for yourself, maybe you can try something like this:

Amazon.com: ViewHD HDMI to Composite | AV Universal Converter for PAL & NTSC Standard TV (HDMI to AV Converter Metal Case (VHD-168)): Electronics

 

[Dogbreath]

Or sometimes you have to embrace old technology, like printing the lyrics on paper.

BLASPHEMY!




(pretty much what I do every time)

 

[DM60]

Or sometimes you have to embrace old technology, like printing the lyrics on paper.

But if you're stuck on making it more difficult for yourself, maybe you can try something like this:

Amazon.com: ViewHD HDMI to Composite | AV Universal Converter for PAL & NTSC Standard TV (HDMI to AV Converter Metal Case (VHD-168)): Electronics

I was looking for something like that and everything was composite video. Nice find.

Printing, really?

 

[Chili]

My office/studio is trashed with printed lyrics everywhere.

Old school, Baby!!!

 

[DM60]

My office/studio is trashed with printed lyrics everywhere.

Old school, Baby!!!

The used to call it wall paper

 

[mofat]

Well, I just went out and bought a cheap 15" 2004 monitor with VGA for 10 dollars. I guess it's cheaper than the alternatives. Now I gotta find DVI to VGA...again going backwards. And how to mount this.

 

[Chili]

The used to call it wall paper

That's not a bad idea. I've got hundreds of useless garbage songs I could decorate the walls with.

 

[Chili]

Well, I just went out and bought a cheap 15" 2004 monitor with VGA for 10 dollars. I guess it's cheaper than the alternatives. Now I gotta find DVI to VGA...again going backwards. And how to mount this.

Those adaptors are very common.

 

[DM60]

Well, I just went out and bought a cheap 15" 2004 monitor with VGA for 10 dollars. I guess it's cheaper than the alternatives. Now I gotta find DVI to VGA...again going backwards. And how to mount this.

OK, assume an old flat screen monitor. Otherwise, if it is tube, that is one big a$$ reader. The older monitor may screw with your main monitor, so play with the settings to determine which will allow you to treat the two as separate monitors. Example, I have my TV and computer hooked up, but I have them as duplicate, since they are both wide screen. Just in case you run into some issues.

 

[mofat]