Ok i need solutions. My setup is as follows, laptop connected to a monitor through a vga lead as a clone screen. what i need to do is use that screen to act as a camera input on the dvr! screen is in seperate building to DVR, only cat5 and BNC between them. without swapping to a monitor with BNC output does anyone have any solutions??? possibly something with VGA splitter somehow or BNC converter? help please

If I'm understanding this right,

You could use a Cat5 VGA Monitor Extender, They use a single Cat5 cable up to 100Mtr

Regards

Do you want to record the output of the pc onto the dvr?

No need to record but will be onto dvr soo the spot monitor can dwell between this and 2 other inputs.

If I'm understanding this right,

You could use a Cat5 VGA Monitor Extender, They use a single Cat5 cable up to 100Mtr

Regards

Can you explain how this would work?? Ive looked and how it seems to me is a vga onto cat5 then back to vga. soo i would then need a vga converter too?? or is there other types?

Yep or use a VGA to Composite convertor and send over the coax.

Its all depending on what product you use, And where you purchase it from.

We have used a small amount of the Cat5 VGA extenders, We purchase the kit as a pair, not individual.

So, you have both converters, the sender local to the source, and receiver at the far end, going back to VGA

Alternativly, as mentioned above, you could go with VGA to Composite converter, if you can utlise an RCA signal.

Regards

I have used composite to vga converters. But not the other way around. Anyone got any links etc for a vga to composite converter?

I know its cheap, but i get from ebay Does what it says on the tin.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Laptop-PC-VGA-TV-RCA-converter-Scart-Adapter-Y14-/390039763305

Oh right. I do remeber these. I have used one called a game adaptor or something to play pc games on a projector etc.

But if i recall the quality was awful. May have been the unit i tried though