is there a way to connect a scart output DVD to a VGA computer screen?

Not directly. But you could use what's called a "VGA box" that would do the conversion.

Yes. Look for composite to vga converters. You can buy them. Buying is the the act of handing over money to a clerk and receiving a good, in this case said converter. You can then connect the converter to your DVD player using a thing called a cable which has "connectors" on both ends. One connector goes into the DVD player, one in the converter. Another cable connects the converter to the VGA screen. Interestingly, these cables are commonly called VGA cables.

Som much for the full answer. I will not give you suggestions for the converters themselves, since there are too many out there.

Oh, and since this is the electronics group, not the video group, yes, you can buy those converter chips online as well.

The display from a laptop is not a VGA monitor.. The laptop's motherboard has a separate interface for the LCD display. There are expensive conversion kits, that cost more than a new LCD VGA monitor.

Others have mentioned VGA boxes that take a (TV style) video input and convert that to VGA, which only works for a separate CRT or LCD monitor intended for connection to a VGA output from a PC.

If you already have a PC, even a laptop PC, and don't mind having it running when watching TV on your VGA screen, you could buy a TV Tuner type card that has a (TV style) video input and hook that up to a DVD player.

Possible problems here are Macrovision copy protection causing the TV Tuner to fail to use the signal, but it should work for non-copy protected DVD's.

Jeff

On 13/09/2006 the venerable snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com etched in runes:

Please give a full question.

Yes, I believe the method is mentioned on page 638 of your PowerPoint Presentation manual.

It's been a while but, by now, PowerPoint should be associated with 'I'm a Wanker'. Rather like Gandtt Charts.

Most geeks have moved onto LaTeX which, although you would not be remotely interested in what they have to say either, makes getting the nice pictures through a Google search sort of difficult.

DNA

On 14/09/2006 the venerable colin etched in runes:

Wrong!!! 42 is an answer not a question. Keep your towel handy.