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Component to VGA connection for projector

post #1 of 4
11/30/08 at 10:24pm
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I have a Viewsonic pj551d and a Yamaha receiver. The projector has only S-video/video composite/VGA in ports. Would hooking up my receiver from the component ports to the VGA on the projector via a component/VGA cable be a good path to take? I want to be able to connect all my devices to the receiver, but retain good quailty. I also was going to get an 180p upconvertering dvd player for the system. Thanks for the help I am new to home theater set up.
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post #2 of 4
3/28/09 at 4:44pm

Re: Component to VGA connection for projector

I have a question related to this topic. My epson powerlite 4 projector has a vga connector, but it's a vga/component connector. Epson has a cable that they want $90 for and it's a whopping 9 feet long....my question...this surely can't be a proprietary cable can it? Won't a standard VGA/Component cable work?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Thanks,
Mike P
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post #3 of 4
3/28/09 at 5:21pm

Re: Component to VGA connection for projector

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Originally Posted by Stuka1939
I have a Viewsonic pj551d and a Yamaha receiver. The projector has only S-video/video composite/VGA in ports. Would hooking up my receiver from the component ports to the VGA on the projector via a component/VGA cable be a good path to take? I want to be able to connect all my devices to the receiver, but retain good quailty. I also was going to get an 180p upconvertering dvd player for the system. Thanks for the help I am new to home theater set up.
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Yes, that's the way to go. There's 2 ways to do it: 1) A VGA/component breakout cable, 2) A cable with VGA on one end and component on the other end. My X1 projector had the same setup. But there are no upconverting players that wiill upconvert over component. It's done over HDMI.

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Originally Posted by improv
I have a question related to this topic. My epson powerlite 4 projector has a vga connector, but it's a vga/component connector. Epson has a cable that they want $90 for and it's a whopping 9 feet long....my question...this surely can't be a proprietary cable can it? Won't a standard VGA/Component cable work?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Thanks,
Mike P
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That price is ridiculous. Go to Monoprice.com. Any VGA/component cable will work.
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post #4 of 4
4/11/09 at 2:24pm

Re: Component to VGA connection for projector

Thanks for the reply Jim, I'm a noob to the forum and couldn't view my post, I think that they put noobs into quarantine for a while .

I was able to get a cable from Ram....and hopefully it will suit my system. I'll try to post back with the results. I have to paint my goo screen and run some speaker wire for the speakers...so it might be a while.

Thanks again!

MP
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