Dear readers,
I am planning to set up a low budget VDR using the VGA2SCART patches [1]. Therefore I need a VGA2SCART cable. The distance between the VDR and the CRT TV will be probably 5 meters.
There are some howtos on the WWW on how to build a cable yourself [2]. But I am not experienced in soldering, so I have the following questions.
1. Are VGA2SCART cables you can buy also suitable and do you have experiences what manufactures produce good quality cables?
Searching the WWW I found the following offers but no comparison or review about the quality.
http://www.amazon.de/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=vga+scart+kabel&tag=googhyd... http://www.kauflux.de/?id=FROOGLE&_artnr=8429706 http://shop.strato.de/epages/61223614.sf/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61223614/Product... http://www.google.de/products?hl=de&q=vga+scart+kabel&um=1&ie=UT... http://www.supernature-forum.de/allgemeine-computerfragen/63171-grafik-gibt-... http://forum.fachinformatiker.de/hardware/122150-vga-scart-kabel-tv.html
inakustik claims to have high quality cables.
http://www.in-akustik.com/de/KABEL/Home-Video/VGA-Scartkabel.htm
2. Are there any disadvantages in buying these cables?
a) I would guess, that most of the cables do not have plugs for audio next to the VGA plug, so that I will need to either use an amplifier or have to modify the cable and solder some wires to the SCART-plug.
Thanks a lot,
Paul
¹ With around 10 € for a 5 meter cable they do not seem to be that much expensive.
[1] http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2008-July/017347.html [2] http://www.vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?postid=742945#post742945