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How can I tell if my PC monitor accepts a component input via VGA port?
I want to connect my Xbox 360 to my PC monitor. I have a VGA HD/AV cable that works fine, but I want to use my component cables instead. I can buy a simple component-VGA adapter cable to plug my 360 into my monitor via the VGA port. I want to know if this will work or if I will be left with a green tint on the screen. If this is the case, is there any way to check my monitor's capabilities, and are there any settings I can change to make this connection work? I have a Dell 193FP Flat Panel Color Monitor. The monitor's manual says that it accepts analog RGB. I don't want to spend money on a signal converter.
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That will never work.
No monitor VGA port can ever accept a component signal. Component by the way isn't formatted in 5-channel RGB-HV (which is what VGA needs). It's 3-channel YPbPr.
Those VGA-to-component adapters are meant for video cards that can send out a YPbPr component signal through a specially-built VGA port.
It's not for connecting to a VGA display.
