The Joys of Dreamcast VGA

Go to local computer shop. Purchase an AB switch and an extra VGA cable.

A lot fancier than what you're looking for, but it should do the job and come in handy if you ever get another PC and don't want to buy another monitor with it:

http://www2.warehouse.com/product.as...o&BCID=7405377

I'll be getting 2 of these in here at work this week. I'll try and let you know what the users think of them.

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Originally Posted by burgundy

What kind of monitor do you have? I've always been reluctant to go VGA because I don't want to trade screen size for resolution.

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i dont understand your logic......

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Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne

i dont understand your logic......

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he doesnt want to go from playing say on a 42 inch tv to a 19 inch monitor just to go from standard tv res to say 480p

which i wouldnt want to do either

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Originally Posted by Wolffen

A lot fancier than what you're looking for, but it should do the job and come in handy if you ever get another PC and don't want to buy another monitor with it:

http://www2.warehouse.com/product.as...o&BCID=7405377

I'll be getting 2 of these in here at work this week. I'll try and let you know what the users think of them.

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Thanks for the heads up. I went over to Comp USA earlier looking for something similar, but couldn't find anything. The people working at that store are the most unhelpful ingrates ever.

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I want a device that lets me have both my PC and my Dreamcast hooked up to my sole VGA monitor at the same time

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"Performance" by Interact is the one I use.

It basically has the pc/dc switch for convenience and when you turn on your pc or dc (depending on how you've set it) when both are on, it will default to the one you want. So if you're looking at a movelist on the computer and turn on the dc the screen will change to the dc.

Don't know where you can go to get them anymore though.
A review of the product here:
http://edition.cnn.com/1999/TECH/com...box/index.html

Click here:

http://www.cablewholesale.com/specs/40h1-03602.htm

There's also a 4-way model if you want to plug in even more VGA devices.

(Thanks to SSBomberman for the link!)

Matt, that device is perfect. Much thanks. And dirt cheap, too.

Mr. GameHED: At one point I owned that VGA box, but it gives off nasty interference compared to the Sega VGA box I have, so I ditched it. Maybe I had a defective one, maybe not, but the picture quality was icky, so it went.

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Originally Posted by Baron

You haven't lived until you've played Ikaruga and Rez in VGA, with a kick-ass sound setup.

Utter bliss.

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HELL YEAH.

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Originally Posted by Baron

Thanks for the heads up. I went over to Comp USA earlier looking for something similar, but couldn't find anything. The people working at that store are the most unhelpful ingrates ever.

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Well, you're better off. You probably would have paid $100+ at CompUSA for an inferior product. Hurray for the internet!