Lake PC to TV Converter Box compatible with Windows and Mac (VGA To RCA / VGA To S-Video)

Review by C. Phillips for Lake PC to TV Converter Box compatible with Windows and Mac (VGA To RCA / VGA To S-Video)
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I bought this to be able to use my non-HD TV as a second monitor so I could watch movies on a larger screen from my couch. This works perfectly. I have a DVI-I output on my PC, which I had to convert to VGA with this DVI-I Male to VGA Female Adapter. Then I used the VGA-to-VGA cord that came with this to connect the VGA to the converter, and a cable like this Cables To Go Value Series S-Video Cable (25 feet) that I already had, from the converter to the TV. I was freaking out until I remembered to plug the converter power cord into an empty usb port. I had a flipping screen image at first, but flipped the tiny, white switches until the picture was clear. I was in business!

The product was shipped quickly and in good condition. I would recommend it for this use. The picture is close to perfect with very little interference, which the instruction booklet says can be caused by too little power or too many electronics in the vicinity, whatever that means.

Review by sunako for Lake PC to TV Converter Box compatible with Windows and Mac (VGA To RCA / VGA To S-Video)
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I found this little product awesome. It was easy to install by following some steps from other previous reviewers. However, I have to add that I still couldn’t get it to work properly. The connections were all intact as shown on the instruction manual. What solved my problem was pressing the Fn and then the F8 button to get to work. lol After that it works wonders. Sure the picture quality isn’t the best but it’s the viewing that in the comfort of my own tv that does it for me.

On a side note, I also purchased a Belkin Audio Y Cable Splitter 1-Mini Plug/2-RCA Plugs (6ft), which allowed me to hear the audio directly from the tv and not from the computer.

Love it!

Review by David B. bogie for Descriptive Metadata for Television: An End-to-End Introduction
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If you are trying to justify a digital asset management system to your boss, you will need all the help you can get. If you are trying to rationalize the new system to your coworkers, you will need this book (and much more). If you don’t know anything about metadata in the creative arts, this book is a decent place to start. It is practical education and the information is generally accessible. the topic gets esoteric quickly, though; DAM is a narrow field of database development and using DAM for television systems adds another level of specialization.

The authors present valuable lessons in the fundamentals of DAM usage, benefits from real world applications of DAM, metadata creation and entry, and descriptions of existing controlled vocabulary systems and taxonomy structures. However, this is only one piece of the metadata and digital asset management puzzle. You will need much more information and research to design, purchase and build a system that works in your facility or company.

What’s missing? In-dpeth product evaluations and suggestions on how to select a decent solution. However, this really is not a not a fault of the work; the marketplace for DAM is not standing still so it’s impossible to include timely information.

Check out Peter Krogh’s “The DAM Bok” and Jens Jacobsen (et al) “Implementing a Digital Asset Management System for animation computer graphics and Web development.” There are thousands of white papaers on the Web.

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