$10 To Answer This Question
I’m completely unable to find an answer (though this Russian forum might have something), so I’ll give ten bucks via PayPal (or whatever) to the first person to give me a working answer to this question:
How do I force an ATI X1550 card to output YPrPb signals on VGA under Windows Vista?
Even if it’s a stupid answer, if it works, I’ll pay you. It’s probably a registry key, or maybe there’s software, or maybe the Russians know something. If I have to buy the ATI HDTV dongle, and you can confirm that for me, I’ll give you five bucks.
Thanks for the assistance.
http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx1550/specs.html
YPrPb component output for direct drive of HDTV displays**
**with optional HDTV adapter available from ATI Online Store
Comment by Todd Yocum | November 30, 2007
I’d try Omega Drivers (http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati/win2k_xp.php), the only thing is that they are for XP…although they might work for Vista? I’m still looking for other options for you, though.
Comment by Robert Stern | November 30, 2007
Also, this forum topic might be some help: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/archive/index.php/t-212199-p-2.html
Comment by Robert Stern | November 30, 2007
try this:
http://shop.ati.com/product.asp?sku=2537968
not sure if it will work though, it should from what i read on ati’s site.
Comment by steve | December 1, 2007
Go to the video control panel, click video format and choose any of 22 formats
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com
Comment by Steve Ballmer | December 1, 2007
Is someone already give you the answer?.
Comment by Den | December 1, 2007
You could try one of these transcoders…
http://www.crescendo-systems.com/rev_transcoder.html
http://www.vdigi.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=3&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1
http://www.digitalconnection.com/products/video/kdxb.asp
Comment by Derek Garner | December 1, 2007
Todd: Like I said, if I need to buy the HDTV adapter/dongle, I will, but I need someone to show me that it will unlock the ability to output component over VGA. Otherwise I might still buy it, but then I need to buy more cables, too.
Robert: Yeah, looks like they aren’t doing Vista drivers yet. Wish they did, too.
And I’ve been poring over that AVS Forum. The information is for older cards and based on the Windows XP registry. If you can find a way to apply the same registry tweaks on Vista, I’m done and you get the ten bucks.
Funny, Steve.
Den: No, not yet.
Derek: Transcoders are an expensive ($150-200) and unnecessary solution. For under fifteen bucks I can get the dongle and regular component cables.
Comment by Nathan Weinberg | December 1, 2007