Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:53:38 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Jon Passki <jon@caffeinated-systems.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video Out to Video In converter Message-ID: <3EA9BC72.3A00CD62@mindspring.com> References: <20030425141532.GD14108@hope.caffeinated-systems.com> <3EA9B1D4.E2DE3E4F@mindspring.com> <20030425220811.GF14108@hope.caffeinated-systems.com>
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Jon Passki wrote: > Imagine hooking up hardware to the video output of an antiquated > system. Through a mixture of magic, the end results is that output > is displayed, for example, in a reduced display on a graphical > desktop. The quality may not be the best, the bandwidth for all this > may be obscene, but I'm thinking more on the concepts now. Yeah; it's a cool idea that you really don't have much of a chance of ever getting implemented. 8-). Basically, you want to take some digital data, like the contents of a VGA card RAM, let the card turn it analog, and then take the analog signal and turn it back into a digital copy of the original screen RAM. I get it, even though I would never do it that way; better to add a US$80.00 screen-scraper card to the cost of the system. Maybe you could consider a web-cam pointed at the monitor? It'd be cheaper than the alternatives... 8-) 8-). <http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=200571&pcount=&Product_Id=127703>; US$4000.00 <http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=200571&pcount=&Product_Id=125506>; US$7000.00 -- Terry
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