Using laptop monitor to replace BARCO monitor

If the video to the BARCO is NTSC, you have a lot of options to get a picture on your laptop screen. Snappy Dazzle Intel webcam with video IN digitizer. Probably a zillion more, those are just the ones I've played with.

Having said that, you might want to mention to those who DO have authority that anything that is mission critical should have a strategy to deal with failures. mike

It might be a bit more complicated if your monitor is fed by more than one BNC cable. If the video and sync are separate (or R-G-B and sync), you may experience some difficulty finding a hardware interface solution.

I haven't done what you're suggesting, but I've noticed separate V & S output connectors on Barco source input switchers (to projector) units that I have.

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What BNC jacks are feeding the monitor? R,G,B, H, and V or R,G,B, and composite H-V sync?

If it has separate H and V sync, you can buy a BNC adapter cable and use any computer monitor that is capable of displaying the 1280x1024 resolution at the same vertical scan rates.

If it uses composite sync, you need a different adapter cable that is more expensive and includes a sync separator.

It is not practical to try and use a laptop display for this as they need a digital signal from the laptop motherboard.

If that is really that critical of a system that it cannot be down, they really need to invest in buying a spare monitor for the system. Even a good used working one will suffice, many different companies have similar fixed frequency monitors available with bnc inputs.