VD-Z3 VGA Adaptor Question

[sj33]

I was gonna get one of those VD-Z3 Enhanced VGA adaptors, but on their site, it recommended this -

"In addition, VGA cable with ferrite core filter is highly recommend. (Distortion may occur if you use normal VGA cable with no filter.)"

http://www.vdigi.com/index.php?optio...d=14&Itemid=34

Okay, excuse my ignorance, but what is a 'ferrite core filter'? Looks like I'm gonna have to buy one of them things first, right?

[Spatial]

I think its one of these

[sj33]

...I swear some N64 pads have them...

[sj33]

Sorry for the double post, managed to nab the required cable from a mate.

I'm quite excited about this actually. I have a crappy 14" TV (still living with the parents, in the bedroom etc), but have a 19" LG Flatron LCD 12ms monitor... this looks like a great temp. solution until I can get a decent LCD HDTV, given my DVD Player supports Component with Prog. Scan, my Cube has the Qoob mod with force 480p, and I can finally use the XBox HD stuff... not bad for 30 quid methinks, if it's as good as it sounds. Supports regular interlaced too, from the looks of it.

[SubparMario]

So that's what those things are - to avoid some kind of interference?

My Sony memory stick reader has one.

[Spatial]

Yep, they're supposed to stop electrical interference

[fahrenheit]

The VD-Z3 is great. Sorry, it doesn't support interlaced signals.
Only annoyance is the ridiculously bright blue LED on the thing, (lights my room up) which reminds me....where is my big black marker?.....

[sj33]

I've just realised that this thing is probably going to look like ass on my LCD monitor. If so, I'll have to pick up a CRT... may as well get one that can do 1080 in that case!

[fragmast3r]

i have a 19" lg too, looks the dogs danglies got my vdigi z3 saturday

enjoy
jason

[sj33]

Awesome. Puts my mind at rest.

Another question, I assume in order to use 1080i, I need a display that supports 1900x1080? I'm not quite sure how 1080i support works, being interlaced and all... wondered if it would need the same display as 540p...

EDIT - How well does it process a widescreen display? Does it keep the correct ratio, or stretch it to full screen? I don't think this monitor lets you manually change it.

[fahrenheit]

I have a 19" Sony monitor. Whenever I display 720p or 1080i (1920 x 1080), it stretches the image full screen, so the vertical has to be adjusted manually and squeezed down.