PS3 VGA Leads

[fuse]

I've just got a Slim PS3 and wanted to connect it to the monitor in my room as I do the 360 and Wii - both of those are connected via VGA into a splitting box and channel the audio out to 2 RCA which goes in the back of a 5.1 setup I have. I understand DVI cables are freely available for the PS3 which would be fine but it's a monitor not a TV so there are no speakers, and as the 5.1 gubbins doesn't have any optical input I have no other way of connecting the audio.

I currently use a VDigi cable thing for my Wii -> VGA needs, but looking on eBay I see plenty of cables offering to do Wii + PS3 -> VGA + RCA. Does anyone have any experience of these - are there any to avoid? They seem to be about ?20 a pop so I don't want to end up buying multiple.

[kernow]

You say the 5.1 setup doesn't have an optical input but does it have phono? You could use an HDMI->DVI for the video and a seperate ps3 composite cable for the audio if so. I believe you can select the composite for sound out in the audio options.

I think the VGA leads convert component or something and is obviously still analogue so it won't be as crisp as HDMI I'd imagine.

[fuse]

It does have phono yes, and that sounds perfect. I didn't realise that you could connect two different leads at once and make the audio go via composite. Problem solved, cheers kern

[kernow]

Check your ps3 sound options before buying, but I am sure you can select multiple or different outputs for sound.

[Phar]

Also make sure your monitor is HDCP compatible if your hooking it up via DVI as otherwise you'll get no image.

[fuse]

Ugh. Monitor is HDCP compliant but the KVM I use is not. Just spent 20 minutes crawling round under my desk trying to accommodate for a mere 1m of HDMI -> DVI cable too.

Not sure what the plan is from here

[sj33]

I guess you could use a HDMI switcher between the KVM and monitor (assuming you still want to use the KVM for other purposes)... it shouldn't introduce any quality loss, being digital and all that.