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I've found in cellar the monitor, which my siblings are not using anymore (fully operational, Phillips 19IV, the same as the one from this photo).

I would like to plug into it my mega drive II. But I've got (for now) only this "adaptor"

Unfortunately, the monitor is not catching the signal. I've read (after my unfortunate attempts), that the reason is about the resolution/refereshing rate, which is not supported by newer monitors. So, what would be (not too expensive :P) way to make the whole thing working? I found information, that device known as "RGB/CGA/EGA/YUV to 2VGA ARCADE HD VIDEO CONVERTER BOARD" (link on Amazon with specs of this device: http://www.amazon.co.../dp/B00E7HSQXK/) is adequate for such cases. Will it work in my case? Erm, but maybe there is a bit cheaper solution? :P I must admit, that I'm completely green in case of such things (well, the fact that I thought, that the cheap "adaptor" like the one I've presented will be sufficient, is unfortunately the evidence for my lack of knowledge />/>/>/> ).

Thank you in advance for help!

Before I'll start to describe my problem - I'm sorry, I'm completely stranger for the whole vocabulary in case of various video/audio plugs etc. It's not about my english, since I don't even know how to call most of these things in polish language too :P So please, don't be mad if I'm describing some things in totally simplified way. I am aware, that it can be (for some people) annoying.

Ok, now about my problem. I've decided to try with catching the picture from my Megadrive II on my laptop with Easy Cap. I've tried that device earlier with PlayStation 2 and the picture was captured properly (I'm using trial version of Ulead Video Studio, it was fluently displayed, so I could even play on my PS2 plugged with Easy Cap.

However, in case of my Megadrive II it is not working properly. Well, it'll be best if I'll just show the screenshot, how does it look like (in spoiler):


(look at this small window on the left with deformed picture, there is displayed the captured image)

When I'll choose the full screen option, there is excactly the same thing - picture is totally messed. Don't know if it's important or not, but I've noticed, that the cable from my Mega Drive II has only two of three "classic plugs" of RGB cable (http://linuxsatellit...s/rgb-cable.jpg) - I mean only yellow (video?) and red (audio?), it doesn't have the white one (but it's, as far as I remember, responsible for audio, so it shouldn't be any problem).

So, what can be the source of my problem and how can I fix it?

I must add, that I've got Easy Cap only with "sockets" for three cables from "classic RGB" (the same as I've linked previously), there is no "fourth & black" - I know, that there are versions of this device with four "sockets", that's why I'm mentioning about this.