[Coco] Using my Coco on VGA monitor alternative?

[wdg3rd at comcast.net]

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From: Derek <dml_68 at yahoo.com>
> This is a sort of follow-up question on my inquiry last week to getting a CoCo 3 
> to run on my VGA monitor.  Many of you directed me to a fella here who makes a 
> switch box but there is a waiting list right now and it maybe more than I can 
> spend right now.
> 
> Is there any reason why I could not used a TV tuner PCI card in my Windows 
> system and run to the Composite or RF inputs on the card? I know it will be 
> lower quality than the native Coco 3's RGB output but it's an alternative that 
> would allow me to get to my goal of using my VGA monitor with my CoCo (as well 
> as my Apple 2, C-64 & Atari 800 via switch box selector hooked to the card.)

Should work no problem.  Plan to try it soon with the Hauppauge PVR-150 I bought last Friday, once I've got the bugs worked out on dumping a few thousand hours of videotape to disk on one of my Linux boxen.  The Coco 1/2/3s I've plugged into the televisions through VCRs for years, but this tuner card does have a composite jack.

Probably give it a shot this weekend, weather permitting.  (i.e., rain, so I don't have to work on the lawn -- what's wrong with the natural look anyway?
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