Gamecube to Monitor?

[tekkyjim]

just wondering if anyone can help me? i just got a spiffy new 21" pc monitor and its got those 5 bnc RGBHV plugs on the back. does anyone know how i could (cheaply) connect my cube to it?

[jamesishere]

http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,24330,3002806,00.html

What they suggest is a bit much, but you get teh idea. There is software out there as my brother has used it to play PS2 on his monitor, but I can't remember what it was and that was MANY reformats ago.

It's not very hard, he figured it out in about an hour. Just google it for a while, and you might need to use your graphics card.

[LlamaSTi]

dude, try this link (http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis-Mars/9984/ngcrgb_e.htm).

you need a d-term cable and if you use a vga cable with the end cut off you should be able to hack it. here's the deal - the colours match each other and the other two are h-sync and v-sync. if you can get a BNC cable and cut the VGA connector off it you should be able to hack your own cable knowing which wires are which from the d-term cable you bought.

I just finished mine tonight - works like a charm. follow the instructions to the "T" and it should work for you, too. hope you're using an NTSC cube... :D

ps: if you need help knowing what pins are which, look up the vga pin definition on google.

[tekkyjim]

cheers for the info LlamaSTi, but unfortunatley i do have a PAL cube, as i live in uk. any way i can still do it with PAL?

[LlamaSTi]

I don't think that it is possible :( i think for VGA you need an NTSC cube. i'm pretty sure you CAN mod that, tho - you can do something to your cube to activate the signal but I don't have any links, sorry :(

try this (http://www.rgbcube.co.uk/Main.html) out, though.

[LlamaSTi]

Hey all, I'm selling my VGA cable that I made. check out the link on eBay :)

VGA cable (modified d-term cable) on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3088208320)